In this adventure of human existence, the critical and protest language for their own body, the problem of how and what place to learn in art literature has been emphasized and a language of expression has been tried to be formed. The transformation and change of this expression language, translated as the "metaphor of suffering", has been discussed with various examples and new recommendations have been put forward. In this direction; In the second part of the study, under the title of "Body in Art and the Suffering Body", the interaction and conflict points between these two concepts were clarified, art was opened to discussion on the basis of historical and philosophical sources. Thus, the concept of "suffering body" formed the basic building block of this section with striking and protest examples. In the third part of the study, the concept of "metaphor" was emphasized and the relationship between "suffering body" was revealed. An attempt has been made to create a range of examples from medieval church teachings, Renaissance works, Enlightenment thought, Modernist ideas and approaches. In addition, the chaos environment caused by the concepts of modernism and post-modernism is mentioned in this section, and the concept of "body", which is reconstructed with technological developments and new consumption models, is examined. In the fourth part of the study, Foucault and Bourdieu's ideas about the concept of body are included, and new artistic tendencies are mentioned by emphasizing the negative teachings and thought systematics that are engraved in our subconscious about the body. In addition, after the 2000s, demonstrations and art movements aimed at creating sensational perception with the effect of globalization have been gathered under the roof of this section. Finally, in the fifth part of the study, visual studies and conceptual explanations on the subject are included.
