Post-Modernism
This week's ALVC tutorial covers Post-Modernism. Use the ALVC texts and definitions from the internet to define the term and answer the following questions;
1. Define Post-Modernism using 8-10 bullet points that include short quotes.
. Postmodernism is "post" because it is denies the existence of any ultimate principles
.Postmodernism relies on concrete experience over abstract principles, knowing always that the outcome of one's own experience will necessarily be fallible and relative, rather than certain and universal.
.The term postmodernism is used in a confusing variety of ways. For some it means anti-modern; for others it means the revision of modernist premises.
.Postmodernism is not easy to define [...] different postmodern thincker may have different opinion, and different fields may have somewhat different definition of postmodernism.
.there are both pros and cons when it comes to postmodernism
. it can be described as a set of critical, strategic and rhetorical practices employing concepts such as difference, repetition, the trace, the simulacrum, and hyperreality to destabilize other concepts such as presence, identity, historical progress, epistemic certainty, and the univocity of meaning.
. Postmodern Elegy makes liberal reference to cubism, surrealism, and expressionism without adhering to the stylistic purity of modernism or striving to advance any singular ideology.
2. Use a quote by Witcombe (2000) to define the Post-Modern artist.
“the post-modern artist is ‘reflective ‘ in that he/she is self-aware and consciously involved in a process of thinking about him/herself and society in a deconstructive manner, ‘damasking’ pretensions, becoming aware of his/her cultural self in history, and accelerating the process of self-consciousness.”
3. Use the grid on pages 42 and 43 to summarize the list of the features of Post-
Modernity.
4. Use this summary to answer the next two questions.
5. Research Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's 'Han Dynasty Urn with Coca-Cola logo'(1994)
in order to say what features of the work are Post-Modern.
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| 'Han Dynasty Urn with Coca-Cola logo'(1994), Ai Weiwei |
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| Ai Weiwei dropping a Han Dynast Urn. |
Ai Weiwei is “the Chinese conceptual artist, architect, photographer, and curator - loathed and loved for his human rights activism - is the courageous voice needed in today's repressive China” (Lucy Birmingham 2009). Indeed Ai still have problems with Chinese authorities, as seen in most of his work present activism, this is “To protect the right of expression is the central part of an artist's activity. ... In China many essential rights are lacking, and I wanted to remind people of this.”(Ai Weiwei) and that’s what we can see in the two work presented, 'Han Dynasty Urn’ and ‘Han Dynasty Urn with Coca-Cola logo'(1994).both work were made to mock at the authority, ‘Han Dynasty Urn’ is a composition of three frames in which we can see the artist breaking an 2000 year-old vase, a cultural importance. The work ‘Han Dynasty Urn with Coca-cola logo’ represent an old vase on which there is a Coca-cola logo, this is ironic and challenging, ironic in the way that China used to be communist and Coca-cola is an American logo and challenging because of the authority, I think what happened with his parents declared all this activism.
6. Research British artist Banksy's street art, and analyze the following two works by the artist
to discuss how each work can be defined at Post-Modern.(Use your
list from point 6.)
list from point 6.)
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| 'Flower Riot', Banksy |
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| Los Angeles (2008), Banksy |
Banksy is an English graffiti artist, his work is mostly a mocking view of modern life. His two work presented ‘Flower Riot’ and ‘Los Angeles’ are both postmodernism, ‘Flower Riot’ involved a hooligan (painted in black) throwing flowers (coloured), it’s a kind of irony, the action of the hooligan is very strong but by adding the flowers it’s turned the idea into an opposite way of violence.
The work ‘Los Angeles’ is also ironic, it give the idea of American consumption, involving a Cro-Magnon man holding a fast food tray.
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