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Postmodernism & Contemporary Art (Canon (Jackson Pollock, Number 5,…
Postmodernism & Contemporary Art
Context
ca. 1960-90
Figurative art, emergence of multimedia art, performance art
What makes art into art?
Sartre & existentialism
Mediatized consumption society
The Big Three
Lyotard
Crisis of legitimitation
No 'one truth', everything is subjective
Plurality of perspectives
Embrace insecurity and doubt
Derrida
Deconstruction
Intertextuality
Constant innovation
'Art is framed in a theory of what art should be'
Bricolage
Baudrillard
Reality vs Hyperreality
No distinction with fiction
Era of neo-capitalism
Figurative art (Pop Art)
Consumption society 1950s, embraced by pop artists
Traditional boundaries between high and low art are played with
Artists
Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Campbell's Soup Cans
handpainted - made something mass produced into something unique
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-77)
Comics were not seen as art - he switched that
Sculpture; Claes Oldenburg
Canon
Jackson Pollock,
Number 5
, Abstract expressionism, action painting (modernist! 1st half 20th c.)
Mark Rothko,
N' 14
, Abstract expressionism, Colourfield, 2nd half 20th
Frank Stella,
Ophir
, abstract expressionism, hard edge, 2nd half 20th c.
Jasper Johns,
Flag
, Neo-Dada, 2nd half 20th c.
Roy Lichtenstein,
M-maybe
, pop art, 2nd half 20th c.
Richard Serra,
One Ton Prop (House of Cards)
, minimalism, 2nd half 20th c.
Christ & Jeanne-Claude,
Wrapped Reichstag
, Land Art, 2nd half 20th c.
Joseph Kosuth,
One and Three Chairs
, Conceptual art, 2nd half 20th c.
Chris Burden,
Shoot
, Body art, 2nd half 20th c.
Gerard Richter,
Eight Student Nurses
, Political art & photoralism, 2nd half 20th c.
Judy Chicago,
The Dinner Party
, Feminist art, 2nd half 20th c.
Nouveau Realisme
French counterpart pop art
Yves Klein + Niki De St. Phalle
Criticising abstraction
CoBrA
Asger Jorn, Karel Appel
The act of making art is most important
Iconography of insects and nature
Multimedia art
Minimal art
Art has its own reality
viewer experience give meaning to the art
Land art
Artificial innovation in landscape
Temporary
Conceptual art
Follow the immaterial, like time
M.M
Body art & performance
Question responsibility of viewers
Political art and photorealism
Oil Shocks and Vietnam
Contemplating truth in images and value of artist opinion
Feminist art
Judy Chicago and Marina Abramovich
Start to explore how women are represented in the media and arts
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