POSTMODERNISM AND CONTEMPORARY ART

1970s and beyond

range of postmodernism

postmodernism

reaction against modernism

disillusionment and the brutality of the Holocaust

how was postmodernism brought about

• art is for everybardy

• art is secondary to the concept

• art can be made of anything

what did postmodern artists believe

• performance art

• installation art

• photorealism

• video art

common examples of postmodern art

contemporary art

art of the present

artworks made within 50 years from the present

what is contemporary art

1955-1970

when was pop art

Lawrence Alloway

who coined the term pop art

• everyday images from contemporary culture

• lively block colors

what does pop art use

• advertisements

• packaging

• comic strips

• movie stars

• celebrities

images in pop art

Campbell Soup Cans of Andy Warhol

example of using consumer products as subjects for art

Roy Lichtenstein’s comic strip blowups

example of bright imagery

Claes Oldenburg

who made large-scale sculptures of familiar objects

graffiti art

one of the more controversial of the contemporary art forms

banksy

One of the most famous graffiti artists

Hitchhiking to Anywhere

example of banksy’s political beliefs

artists came together and presented

spontaneous performances

what was happening’s earliest form

Allan Kaprow

first to use the term happening

“Admission piece:18 Happenings in 6 Paris.”

what was the first happening

performance art

art form where the artist uses themselves and their live actions to express their art

• can be in any venue with any amount of people as long as it is in front of a live audience

• uses intense acting not ordinarily accepted in theater

• incorporates dance, music, body contortion, costume, etc

• can be spontaneous or rehearsed

how is performance art presented

Chris Burden’s Shoot

example of performance art

Installation art

involves the arrangement of objects in a space

allows the viewer to be “in” the artwork by interaction

defining feature of installation art

Embankment (2005) by Rachel Whiteread

example of installation art