VJ97

This week lecture, Mr. Choy gave us a lecture about Postmodernism. What is Postmodernism ? In art, postmodernism was specifically a reaction against modernism which had dominated art theory and practice since the beginning of the twentieth century. The term postmodernism is also widely used to describe challenges and changes to to established structures and belief systems that took place in Western society and culture from the 1960s onwards.

 

Post Modern movements are diverse and disparate.

It connected by certain characteristics : - Ironical and playful treatment of a fragmented subject,

                                                                     - the breakdown of high and low culture hierarchies,

                                                                     -undermining of concepts of authenticity snd originality.

 

Post modern movements and styles :

 

Dada- A form of nihilistic anti-art which was ironically  legitimised and commercialised (includes Duchamp's "readymades")

 

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Surrealism- Style which pursues a dream-like state, perceived as "truer" than reality.

 

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Pop Art- Emphasizes kitschy "low art", mass production, and commodification of culture. Warhol is the "Pope of Pop Art". Lowbrow art also known as Pop Surrealism, this democratisation of art originated in California's hot rod and comics cultures.

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Conceptualism- Deconstruction of what makes something "art", designed to confront viewers and their concept of art.

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Appropriation: Repurposed objects or existing art that with minimal transformation, subversively gives them new meaning and context.

Decollage: Images given new meaning by tearing or removal, started with a mashup of commercial posters and those underneath Bricolage Art technique where works are constructed from various available materials (" found items" or mass-produced "junk"). 

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Jacques Villegle is a well know artist for his decollage artwork.