Grimaces of the Real, or When the Phallus Appears.

The article presents an analysis on the sublimity rendered in the grimace of reality in art images. The sublime beauty which is the image elevated to the level of a thing in mind, evokes fascination within a particular culture. The anamorphotic grimace separates the beauty from disgust because the authenticity of desire is contingent on a specific culture. The emergence of monster figure such as "Frankenstein," The Elephant Man," The Phantom of the Opera," and "Living Dead," has a social impact in the deterritorialization, radical ambiguity in the transformation of certain era such as capitalism into imperialism and emergence of postindustrial society.