APAH Unit 30 Post Modern (VOCAB)

Assemblage

a three-dimensional work made of various materials such as wood, cloth, paper, and miscellaneous objects

Collage

art made from an assemblage of different forms onto a 2D surface

Deconstructivism

A Post-modern style of architecture that focuses on an aesthetic that is bending, twisting, curving, stretching, swelling, and stacked

Feminist art

emerged out of Women’s Liberation movement of 1960s/1970s; drew attention to women’s stories and issues

Folk art

artwork made by untrained artists; typically, utilitarian and decorative, handmade, and reflects cultural traditions

Installation

An artwork that creates an artistic environment in a room or gallery

Kitsch

mass-produced imagery designed to please the broadest possible audience; generally, of questionable taste (popular, sentimental, shallow)

Literati painting

a noble and traditional ink practice in China which eventually is adopted in Korea; literati painters were “scholar-artists,” who were deeply respected; considered the most noble art form in China

Minimalism

a trend in modern painting and sculpture that focused on reducing the form to its absolute and most basic essence; an extreme form of abstraction

Neo-Expressionism

An art style common in the 1980s that took the expressionistic qualities of Abstract Expressionism, but applied them to the human body which was re-introduced to this style’s subject matter. This style is characterized by rough figures, intense subject matter, jarring color, and jagged form

Neo-Futurism

A Post-Modern architectural style that utilizes curving and coiling forms, elongated structures, complex and fluid spaces that encourage free circulation, and a building design that de- emphasizes boundaries

Pisupo

a term derived from a Samoan rendition of the words “pea soup”; term refers to canned food, broadly

Post-Modernism

An overarching term for disparate stylistic works from the 1990s to the present day that often tend to defy categorization and reject the mainstream traditions of art, artwork, and artists, while often ignored cultural practices are revived.

Sankofa

African artistic movement interested in reclaiming Africa’s rich indigenous artistic tradition

Shibboleth

a custom, principle, or practice that distinguishes one group from another, particularly an “in group” from an “out group”

Sumukhwa

Oriental Ink Movement in the 1980s; revival in Korea of traditional Korean and Chinese artistic traditions

Video art

Artwork that utilized or featured videos and/or televisions as its medium; common in the 1990s with the popularization of pervasive and accessible American TV, film, and media, as well as personal film recorders