Postmodern philosophy

contemporary visual art, Eleanor Heartney compares the absence of any finite exactitude of postmodernity to the concept of God; being both “remarkably impervious to definition.” However, to enter into any analysis of the relationship between the postmodern paradigm and the socio-political implications thereof, some form of mutually acceptable contract must be approached. Jean-François Lyotard’s seminal statement, “I define postmodernism as incredulity toward the metanarratives.” provides a…

Today, many people define society based on the modernity and postmodernity movements. The definition of the modernity movement lies in the characteristics of modern societies that have capitalistic economies and democratic political structures that are highly industrialized. Postmodernity is almost the same as modernity, but the communication of technology and process of information included in the postmodernity movement differentiates it from modernity. Loosely stated, postmodernity is the…

The Hirshhorn Museum: Rings of Adventure The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has always generated conversation about its choices. Even after it had just been constructed, its architectural choices were the subject of critique. Two days after the museum opened in 1974, Ada Louise Huxtable, of The New York Times, gave the following review: “[The building] is known around Washington as the bunker or gas tank, lacking only gun emplacements or an Exxon sign… It totally lacks the essential…

The Outrageous Price of Art The rich are easily viewed as insane for making purchases in the market of one subject in particular. That market, art and the subject modern, for it’s hard to put a price on art. It is especially hard to calculate the value when it’s made by any famous artist. So why are people spending outrageous amounts of money on art…? There is an unspoken rule in this world that a piece of art created by a Pablo Picasso is automatically worth more than the paint and parchment…

reality, artifice and our technologically advanced postmodern society. Upon searching the Oregon State University database I had a difficult time obtaining an intricate article that scrutinized the novel White Noise and not actual white noise as a form of stress relief or its physiological effects on the anatomical structure and function of hearing but rather white noise as an aspect of life. After locating the article “White Noise: Don DeLillo's Postmodern Autopsy of the Twentieth Century,”…

Modernism in art, in conventional sense, is defined as art from the late 1860s through the 1960s, which examines current (then) artistic, cultural, and social standards. The most common of these being the task that artists face in creating works of that abandons any form of illusionism. By the 1950s through the 1960s, modernism in art was challenged through the ever expanding growth of art reproduction, the art market, galleries and art dealers, and the development of fine art education in…

By discussing the conditions during the Postmodern era we can understand why artists such as Tracey Emin, Cindy Sherman, The Chapman Brothers chose to reject traditional aesthetics instead conveying their intentions through shocking subjects and media to convey their intentions to the audience. “In both Britain and New York contemporary artists have shunned the tradition of aesthetics, preferring to communicate their meaning through shocking subjects and media, what is now referred to as the…

Jack Madden: ARH 2000 Fall 2015 Reading Response Paper In the article, “The Trouble with (The Term) Art” by Carolyn Dean, a claim is made that the term art is inaccurately used to denote objects, specifically from cultures that predate western art. Dean uses specific examples such as Ancient American stone carving to get her point across. She goes into detail in how the term “art” often turns an object unintended for artistic purposes, into an object of “art by appropriation.”(p. 26) The…

This semester I am taking an art 98 course, which is about the History of Modern Sculpture. “Modern art represents a developed of ideas among a number of painters, sculptors, writers, and performers who both individually and collectively sought new approaches to art-making.” ( http://www.theartstory.org/definition-modern-art.htm) This course is a writing intensive course which is required for all college students to graduate. Therefore, one of the assignments was to write a nine-page essay…

In this essay, the role that music and noise play in the modern art will be assessed keenly. I will look at the noises made during presentation of artwork and the role it plays to the viewers. In looking at that role, the work of Marina Abramovich and Balkan Baroque will be assessed to show how important music is to the art. Luigi Russolo and Ugo Piatti had a studio in Milan in 1900. The noise machine of the studio was known as the intonarumori. The studio was used for presentation of…