Postmodernism and Connection to Society
Post-Modernism and Connection to Society
In a world that is constantly changing and developing, art can fluctuate throughout time. Postmodernism, is commonly referred to the movement of art, architecture, and criticism in the late 20th century. Various interpretations of culture, art, philosophy, history, economics, and fiction are widely pronounced themes and topics found in art during this era. In history, many different societies have emerged throughout time. In many third world and developing countries, as well as historical eras, Authoritarianism, or commonly known as a closed society, corruption and pluralism have been influenced into art. Political history and society is widely influenced and depicted in the art we see today.
The shift during mid to late 1960s abstract impressionism and conceptualism, new styles showing an unprecedented degree of self-awareness on the part of the artists, as well as a rejection of Modern art's emotional and spiritual detachment from society arose. Postmodernism is largely a psychological reaction against assumptions and values of western history.
“There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.”
– Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter states a postmodern reality can be perceived differently, that there may not be only one way of viewing things.
Postmodernism begins in 1968 in Paris, when college students and professors joined workers and revolted against repressive French institutions. Artworks during this time usually
feature a reality whose existence and properties are logically independent of human beings.
Larry McCaffrey states that postmodernists are,
“Consuming themselves in the form of images and abstractions through which their desires, sense of identity, and memories are replicated and then sold back to them as products”
Postmodernist art is a visual representation of
In a world that is constantly changing and developing, art can fluctuate throughout time. Postmodernism, is commonly referred to the movement of art, architecture, and criticism in the late 20th century. Various interpretations of culture, art, philosophy, history, economics, and fiction are widely pronounced themes and topics found in art during this era. In history, many different societies have emerged throughout time. In many third world and developing countries, as well as historical eras, Authoritarianism, or commonly known as a closed society, corruption and pluralism have been influenced into art. Political history and society is widely influenced and depicted in the art we see today.
The shift during mid to late 1960s abstract impressionism and conceptualism, new styles showing an unprecedented degree of self-awareness on the part of the artists, as well as a rejection of Modern art's emotional and spiritual detachment from society arose. Postmodernism is largely a psychological reaction against assumptions and values of western history.
“There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.”
– Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter states a postmodern reality can be perceived differently, that there may not be only one way of viewing things.
Postmodernism begins in 1968 in Paris, when college students and professors joined workers and revolted against repressive French institutions. Artworks during this time usually
feature a reality whose existence and properties are logically independent of human beings.
Larry McCaffrey states that postmodernists are,
“Consuming themselves in the form of images and abstractions through which their desires, sense of identity, and memories are replicated and then sold back to them as products”
Postmodernist art is a visual representation of