Post-modernism is a very important art movement. It is about the way of seeing art, texts, and actions. A post-modernist artist could paint their own body, and appear on stage waving see through vials, while a projector displays their paintings on a white wall behind the artist, or on the artist themselves.
Post-modernists brought the art of painting to a whole new level, and unfortunately their art isn’t very lasting. Consider a painting of a plate of shrimp that has real shrimp glued to it will go bad quickly.
Post-modernists accept all painters as equal. They do not agree with the wide accepted view that masters like Leonardo da Vinci or Michelangelo are better than the other artists. To them all the artists are one group forming the art “society”, not individuals. This view is not liked by many critics and artists. By the principles this theory comes close to the thesis of the socialism society where everyone is contributing according to their limits but the goods are split equally.
In fact some people may have certain post-modernist aspects in their work, but they don’t have to (and most don’t) agree with everything this movement believes in. Ironically, most artists that are classified as post-modernist don’t even know that they belong to such a movement; they simply enjoy experimenting with different techniques and styles.
One of the most successful post-modernist technique is to include the artist as part of the artwork that is presented. Some artists have more than one person be part of their art work. For example, Leonardo da Vinci’sMona Lisa will be presented in a post-modernist interpretation like this – a white wall on which the background of the famous painting is applied, and a real woman dressed as Mona Lisa posing in front of it. Another post-modern art view of the Mona Lisa would be a painting that represents the wall in the museum of Louvre where Mona Lisa is displayed. …She is desperately trying to get out, well aware that she is in a painting.
Part of the postmodernism movement art view is to make fun of art. Allan Graham is a very popular American post-modernist artist. One of his paintings is simply the words “you are here” on a white canvas. The words are painted in black color to contrast the white background.
Modernism and post-modernism art movements are similar in many ways. Sometimes it is difficult to notice differences just by looking at two paintings as to which movement they belong to. Only small number very extreme paintings can be classified within only one genre. Part of the beauty of art, in fact is, that it doesn’t need to be necessary logical or labeled.
Some artists are excited to mixing things up and totally surprise their audience. Others want to discover the classics, and they strive to reach and follow the masters’ precision and calculations. The major function of art is to be enjoyed, discussed, critiqued, and speculated. Unlike spelling, for example, there is no correct or incorrect way to create art or to appreciate it. Art lovers and collectors can hang anything they want on their walls as long as it has value for them and makes them happy.
Post-modernism is a colorful mix – a little bit of everything – Dadaism, Literature, Modernism, Acrylic Paintings, Surrealism, Music, Futurism, Photography, and Architecture. According to post-modernist’s vision everything goes good with paints, and if something can’t be put on a canvas, then it can be painted over some other object – there will be always something to paint on. This makes the world of the fine arts even more extreme, exciting, and unpredictable. Art is not a dogma, but a total freedom of the artist to express himself in any way, form or shape.
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