- The term is used in philosophy, literature, social sciences and architecture.
- It is composed by two parts 'post' and 'modern'. Post is Latin for after and modernism refers to the modern period.
- Is associated with relativism. Relativism is the idea that "anything goes"
- No grand narrative, a history, story . One has left the idea of a grand narrative.
- Belief in one truth, or universal criteria, has been substituted by a number if "small stories" and a diversity of criteria.
- Social constructivism, reality is created by social reality, there is no objective knowledge or absolute representation of reality.
- Postmodernism is largely a reaction to the assumed certainty of scientific, or objective, efforts to explain reality
- a style and concept in the arts characterized by distrust of theories and ideologies and by the drawing of attention to conventions.
- relating to art, architecture, or literature that reacts against earlier modernist principles, as by reintroducing traditional or classical elements of style or by carrying modernist styles or practices to extremes: 'It [a roadhouse] is so architecturally interesting ... with its postmodern wooden booths and sculptural clock
2. Use a quote by Witcombe (2000) to define the Post-Modern artist.(page 24)
"The post modern artist is "reflexive" in that he/she is self aware and consciously involved in a process of thinking about him/herself and society in a de-constructive manner, "de-masking" pretensions, becoming aware of his/her cultural self in history, and accelerating the process of self-consciousness."
My definition:
Post modern artist are creators of work that relate to themselves in some way and also show who they are through their works and show it in different ways of revealing what is inside of themselves.
3. Use the table on pages 47 and 48 in your ALVC handbook to summarize the list of the features of Post-Modernity.
Hyper reality, image saturation, simulacra seem more powerful than the "real": images and texts with no prior "original". "As seen on TV" and "as seen on MTV" are more powerful than unmediated experience.
Play, irony, challenge to official seriousness, subversion of earnestness.
Use this summary to answer the next two questions.
4. Research Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's 'Han Dynasty Urn with Coca-Cola logo'(1994)
in order to say what features of the work could be considered Post-Modern.
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| 'Han Dynasty Urn with Coca-Cola logo'(1994), Ai Weiwei |
"Hyper reality, image saturation, simulacra seem more powerful than the "real": images and texts with no prior "original". "As seen on TV" and "as seen on MTV" are more powerful than unmediated experience."
Considered to be post modern with these features because the logo on the ancient artefact was notice more then the artefact and more powerful.
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| Ai Weiwei dropping a Han Dynast Urn. |
"Play, irony, challenge to official seriousness, subversion of earnestness."
In this work of his he shows this feature because he opposes the history of the antique and challenges its official meaning and this was shocking to some who knew of the history of the object. Which is a serious thing. He used history from his culture and challenged official seriousness of the object.
6. Research British artist Banksy's street art, and analyze the following two works by the artist to discuss how each work can be defined at Post-Modern.
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| 'Flower Riot', Banksy |
In the 'Flower Riot' by Banksy, he uses colour and comic like featured form to emphasize post-modernisation. This can be defined as post modern from the opposing images and relativity to society that the image is perceiving. The hoodlum figure is portrayed by holding flowers and this isn't a regular thing for a person like that to hold and you don't see someone dressed like that holding a bouquet that is colourful. Both figures contradict one another and also the meaning of what you see and what it actually means. Sending a symbolic message of war and conquering it with peacefulness.
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| Los Angeles (2008), Banksy |
In the work 'Los Angeles' Banksy, he uses the ancient human form of cave man years to emphasize history of the earth and the present with the food tray. Past and present which are opposites of one another. This is showing post modernism from the philosphy view of things and he shows within his work the nature and reality of existance. In other words seeing we once were cave people and showing the formation of how we came to be and if we were still formed like this.
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http://artasiapacific.com/Magazine/78/DevastatingHistory
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