Postmodern artists

message that the image communicates to the viewer. In many of her images, Sherman serves as her own model breeding documentary and fiction to create a new genre. To achieve this, Sherman takes up numerous roles such as a model, a photographer, make-up artist and hairdresser; and uses a variety of techniques such as prosthetics, makeup,…

A critical review: The Culture Industry The term culture industry, which created by those in power to maintain the status quo in terms of standardization and commodification was first developed by Ardono and Horkheimer based on the economic structure in the western society. It could be comprehended through the operation of cultural hegemony (i.e. how culture industry operates with the consent from the mass by the “dominant fundamental group”) that introduced by Gramsci. The following three…

1. INTRODUCTION In the 21st century there was an emerging movement of art Postmodernism (Palmer 2014). Postmodernism was derived from its predecessor modernism (Palmer 2014). Palmer (2014) stated that postmodernism has too many complex ideologies and cannot be defined. Nevertheless, there was a claim by Nicolas Bourriaud that postmodernism has ended and divided to post-postmodernism (Altermodern 2009). The following essay will contrast against Bourriaud’s claim. It will provide brief historical…

There was of course a lot going on in the world with the cold war, and masses of people being scared of the world being entirely destroyed by a bomb, but also the current political problems, such as climate change, and still fear of war. Examples of Postmodern works are ‘American Psycho’ by Bret Easton Ellis from 1991, and Catch-22 by Joseph Heller from…

Clever TITLE here The Octavia Art Gallery currently exhibits two artists: Regina Scully and Iva Gueorguieva. Regina Scully’s works consisted of acrylics of an abstract nature. The use of various vibrant colours in her works, as well as their abstract and subjective essence, made them fascinating to behold. Her work reminded me of Kandinsky’s. I could have spent close to an hour fully examining and exploring her many works in the Gallery. Conversely, I would and did spend minimal time observing…

Swiss style’s rationalism and structure offered great functionality; however it limited designer’s creativity prompting a highly expressionist movement known as post-modernism. These drastic changes in design can be examined based on their technical, aesthetic, and sociopolitical impacts. Swiss style design can be characterized by its heavy use of grids, sans serif type and cold compositions. This style is best known for its ability to convey complex information in an easy to understand…

Jeff Koon's work applies a unique style of art which may be banal and tasteless things, and his art strategy focuses on business, and he does not have any remorse for basing the focus of his art to business. Among his artwork his sculpture "Michael Jackson and Bubbles," presents how shape, color and line can be combined to achieve a unique blend to portray a modern celebrity. The sculpture shows the famous singer Michael Jackson embracing his pet chimpanzee named Bubbles, who is sitting on his…

During the 15th century, European nations began to send explorers throughout the world; these explorers helped create new trade routes, which greatly affected Europe’s prosperity and the interactions between European countries. The Europeans influenced other countries and cultures by establishing trading stations, creating colonies, imposing their ideas upon various native people, and introducing new diseases, and non-European cultures also changed European trade, social life, and ideas.…

The films American Movie and It Follows serve as great examples of realistic and formalistic aesthetics, respectively. Realistic aesthetics deal with the idea of objectivity in film making, and any aesthetics implemented serve to continue the narrative or theme of the film. The idea of formalistic aesthetics directly contrasts this; these films works in the realm of subjectivity and regards aesthetic form just as high as the plot. This strong contrast between the two aesthetics can be seen…

emphasize that the criticism of capitalism doesn`t mean that communism has to be offered. If capitalism is wrong, communism cannot be verified instead of capitalism because the opposite of false (the anti-thesis) is not always true. Moreover, just like postmodern ideologues claim, the Marxist theory stays in the frame of the centralized state control that has the constraints of a dialectic hierarchy. Allegations have solid…