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| Posted 5 months ago Postmodernism has been a confusing and hard term for me to get a hold of. It was around in the mid 1980s. It could include literature, as well as architecture and other fine arts like painting. I actually first became aware of the term being used in architecture over 20 years ago. At that time I connected it as a reaction to the hard edges of the bauhaus and modern architecture with a return to more organic forms. But other visuals arts are harder for me to describe. In modern art of the first half of the 20th century, there seemed to be modernist movements flowing into each other, perhaps starting with fauvists, and gong through cubism, Matisse and the surrealists (among others). I don't know if postmodernism is a reaction to that modernism or is something a little different. The critics love playing with terms, and you can get lost in their explanations. Perhaps some one has a better handle on it than me. Or I can come back to this later. Maybe even edit this off the cuff remark. It seemed more cut and dried with architecture. Although modernism in terms of simple hard edge work is still strong.
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| Posted 5 months ago To me Postmodernism though hard to truly define is a reaction to the modern era. In architecture and interior design it seems slightly more cut and dry. Taking new ideas but paying homage to the classics with designs that have more detail. Design with interesting curves and lines became the focus because of a need for aesthetically pleasing surfaces. Michael Graves is one of my favorite architects of this movement. You get extra stars for an art related topic |
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| Posted 5 months ago IN THE 15 CENTURY, ART WAS RELETIVELY UNEXPLORED. NOW WE HAVE SO MUCH THAT HAS BEEN DONE THAT WE THINK THE OPTIONS LEFT TO US IS SLIM.........WE NEED TO GO DEEPER INTO WHAT WE ARE THINKING AND LET THAT BE THE TELLING MEDIUM TO INFORM AND BE THE LANGUAGE. MIKE |
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| Posted 5 months ago My understanding where painting is concerned in refererence to the postmodern era is that a great deal of paintings being made were, and are a reaction to modernity and the thinking on a whole that went with it. The mindframe of artists like Pollock, and Rothko was one of absolutes. "I made this painting so it is a perfect act of spirituality and cannot be questioned." The new movement scrutinized this brand of thinking, and artists such as Sherrie Levine, John Baldessarri, Peter Halley, Johnathon Lasker, Nam June Paik, and Andres Serrano began to question through their painting just how absolute it really was. Beyond Structural Listening? Postmodern Modes of Hearing by Andrew Dell'antonio is one of many publications worth reading in regards to the postmodern. Also Critiques of Pure Abstraction (Independent Curators Inc, New York) is also another excellent publication. If the foot of the trees were not tied to the earth, they would be pursuing me.. For I have blossomed so much, I am the envy of the gardens. Rumi |
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| Posted 5 months ago I don't favor postmodernism/modern art. Although it led to the architecture and art of today. I prefer when art was painting or drawing a subject or object. Some of my art could be considered modern art. |
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| Posted 2 months ago I'm stuck in Pre-Postmodernism after the fact ! Hap
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