Modernism and Postmodernism
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Modernism and Postmodernism
Clement Greenberg
Modernism-art/avant-garde-original, new; not commonOr imitative-art for art’s sake, (pure, abstract, processes of art)-renounces narrative, literature-audience is cultivated,Minority, powerful
Postmodernism-kitsch/ rear-garde-imitative, common,Popular, commercial-art as entertainment,Industry/effect-narrative, Literature, life’s experience, politics-mass audience, majority, public domain
Modernism StyleTruth to materialSelf referentialOriginalityMuseum and GalleryInformed audience
PostmodernismcontentMixed mediaExtra aestheticReferential; AppropriationDiverse site/indoor/Outdoor (diverse audience)
Romare Bearden, Prevalence of Ritual: Mysteries, collage, 1964
Betyre Saar, Liberation of Aunt Jemima,Mixed media, 1972
Barbara Chase Riboud,Monument to Malcom XMixed media, 1969
Melvin Edwards,Gate to Ogun, Welded Stainless steel, 1983
Edward Clark, Wasted Landscape, oil on canvas, 1961
Edward Clark, The Crescent, Acrylic on canvas, 2006
Norman Lewis, Harlem Turns White, oil on canvas, 1955
Sam Gilliam, Carousel Form II, 1969
Howardena Pindell,Autobiography:Water/Ancestors/Middle Passage/Family Ghosts, mixed media, 1988
A French print “La Belle Hottentot” after the display and objectification of Sarah Bartman (Saartje Bartman)
Renee Cox,Saartie Bartman(Hottentot Venus)Photography, 1995
David Hammons, Injustice Case,Mixed media on canvas, 1970
Lorna Simpson, Guarded Conditions, photography + Texts, 1989
OBAC, Wall of Respect, Chicago, 1967
Reginald Gammon,Freedom Now, 1965--appropriation of Moneta Sleet Jr.’sPhotograph of the march on Washington D.C
Richard Hunt, I Have Been to the Mountain, welded corten steel,Martin Luther King MemorialMemphis, Tennessee, 1977
Richard HuntJacob's Ladder1997cast and welded bronze
Wilfredo LamFemme Oiseau1957. Oil on canvas, 91x73 cm.
Wilfredo Lam,Femme Cheval1955 (ca.). Oil on burlap, 91,7x72,7 cm
Wilfredo Lam, "The Jungle", 1942-44 240 x 228 cm., Museum of Modern Art, NY