Postmodernism

Post Modernism Key ideas

copy, simulacrum, mass culture, appropriation, pastiche, spectacle, commodity

Andy Warhol & commodity

100 Cans 1962, Marilyn Diptyche 1962- human & soup, objects of capital- repetition and unnatural colouring detaches from the real.

Jenny Holzer & capitalism

public art, circulation of signs. “Protect me from what I want,” 1982 and other provocative statements that critique consumer culture and social issues, using LED technology and text installations. (slogan also printed on condoms

Jeff Koons & Kitsch

mixing of high and low art- Koons was a stock broker - tasteless vulgarity of subject and celebration of mass-produced objects, challenging traditional notions of art and value. - Michael and Bubblies 1988

cindy Sherman & mass culture

destruction of visual codes- constructed images presented as film stills that challenge gender roles and identity. Her work critiques the portrayal of women in media and explores the relationship between self and representation.

Sherrie Levine & Appropriation art

After Walker Evans photographs, Levine's work challenges notions of originality and authorship by recontextualizing existing images, questioning the nature of art today. commodification of art