- It is a tendency in contemporary culture characterized by the rejection of objective truth and global cultural narrative.
- Postmodernism is "post" because it is denies the existence of any ultimate principles
- It is associated with relativism, "anything goes".
- Linguistic idealism, as in "reality does no determine language, language determines reality".
- Irony
- Pluralist
- Reflexivity
- Non-universalist people, as in people choose what the want to believe. "Nothing is guiding society's way of thinking".
2. Use a quote by Witcombe (2000) to define the Post-Modern artist.
"The post-modern artist is ''reflective" in that he/she is self-aware and consciously involved in a process of thinking about him/herself and society in a deconstructive manner, "demasking" pretensions, becoming aware of his/her cultural self in history, and accelerating the process of self-consciousness."
3. Use the table on pages 47 and 48 in your ALVC handbook to summarize the list of the features of Post-Modernity.
Postmodernity follows an unclear bases or cultural pluralism where there single road/belief that everyone admits to. The depth of an image is without concern, with more attention being played to the surface of images. It forms a new culture mixing both high and low categories instead of one reigning over the other. It is continuously adapting to visualized media, substituting it for the real. It challenges seriousness, forgetting boundaries which become lost. Brings much more freedom to art, with it being judged and authenticated by an audience made of up everyday people.
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.
There is a few features within this work by Ai Weiwei that could be considered 'Postmodern'. Firstly the main feature would be the mixture of two different cultures, mixing an ancient cultural artifact found most commonly in the eastern world with one a well known logo from Coke. The coke logo is one of the biggest known brands of modern society in the western world so you could also say he is blending the western world with the eastern aswell. Another postmodernist feature could be irony as he has taken an ancient urn of high value, and by placing the Coke logo on it, turned it into a ugly, useless item with no longer any value at all.
5. 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.
This work 'Flower Riot' done by Banksy, is of a gangster or a rioter in street clothing, throwing a bundle of flowers. Irony has been used by replacing what would usually be a rock, or a bottle or something, with a bundle of flowers. Instead of the action from this ganster resulting in violence it will result in peace. This comparison could be portaying a view that tries to remove the seriousness and uncomfort from society.
This work 'Los Angeles' produce by Banksy, is of a caveman carrying a tray of fast food. Here he is again playing with irony which is one of the main postmodern features. A caveman is an early/pre man dating back thousands of years, who is carrying fast food which is one of the modern worlds most used inventions. He could be using this feature to show the slackness of our society today, and how as we advance through the ages, our laziness grows with us. Another feature that could be seen here is the comparison of cultures, comparing ancient pre historic culture of cavemen/neanderthals, with the modern fast food meal which is seen almost everywhere you go in todays society.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodernism
www.spaceandmotion.com/Philosophy-Postmodernism.htm
www.galilean-library.org
http://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/postmodernism.htm
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei
maryboonegallery.com/artist_info/pages/ai/detail1.html
www.banksy.co.uk/
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