Aili Lin 20' (Magazine) This article is written by Katy Kelleher and published by the Paris Review. Its intended audience could be everyone, including the ones appreciate or depreciate “ugly artwork”. In this article, the author tries to defend the ugly artwork. She claims that using the word “ugly” to describe this kind of work is not accurate since ugliness implies a sense of immortality. Also, research has shown that beautiful works and ugly works can light up the same part of the brains of the viewers, which proves that both of them can have the same effect on the view. Beautiful or ugly, all of these works can spark the “A-ha” moment, a sudden feeling that we can feel others’ feelings. Both of these works function equally well: stimulate sympathy and empathy of the views so that they can understand the emotions under the artwork. What’s more, ugly paintings can express the idea that literature cannot present. Ugly artworks can reflect social issues that litera...