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Postmodernism De,inition postmodernism Term applied to a wide range of cultural analysis and production since the early 1970s. Whilst there are different attitudes to what postmodernism is, it is generally referred to as a signi=icant shift in attitude away from the certainties of a modernism based on progress. The cultural traits usually associated with postmodern cultural production include the acceptance of many styles, the importance of surface and the playful adoption of different styles through parody and pastiche. If Modernism is roughly from 18601960 Then logically Postmodernism is 1960s Today (Though some critics state Postmodernism is over and we have entered a phase of PostPostmodernism) Modernism: Initially born out of optimism, an aspirational reaction to World War 1, with a view to harnessing technology to improve people’s lives Ends up doctrinaire, almost blind obedience to rules, above all Form Follows Function Postmodernism A reaction to these rules Starts as a critique of the International Style Robert Venturi, Learning from Las Vegas, 1972 Ideas developed by Charles Jencks, 1977

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Postmodernism

De,inition

• postmodernism  Term  applied  to  a  wide  range  of  cultural  analysis  and  production  since  the  early  1970s.    Whilst  there  are  different  attitudes  to  what  postmodernism  is,  it  is  generally  referred  to  as  a  signi=icant  shift  in  attitude  away  from  the  certainties  of  a  modernism  based  on  progress.    The  cultural  traits  usually  associated  with  postmodern  cultural  production  include  the  acceptance  of  many  styles,  the  importance  of  surface  and  the  playful  adoption  of  different  styles  through  parody  and  pastiche.

If  Modernism  is  roughly  from  1860-­‐1960Then  logically  Postmodernism  is  1960s  -­‐  Today(Though  some  critics  state  Postmodernism  is  over  and  we  have  entered  a  phase  of  Post-­‐Postmodernism)

Modernism:• Initially  born  out  of  optimism,  an  aspirational

  reaction  to  World  War  1,  with  a  view  to   harnessing  technology  to  improve  people’s   lives

• Ends  up  doctrinaire,  almost  blind  obedience   to  rules,  above  all

– Form  Follows  Function

Postmodernism• A  reaction  to  these  rules• Starts  as  a  critique  of  the  International  Style

– Robert  Venturi,  Learning  from  Las  Vegas,  1972– Ideas  developed  by  Charles  Jencks,  1977

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• Only  rule  is  that  there  are  no  rules• Celebrates  what  might  otherwise  be  termed  kitsch

If  Modernism  equates  with:• Simpli=ied  aesthetic• Utopian  ideals• Truth  to  materials• Form  follows  Function

Then  Postmodernism  involves:• Complexity• Chaos• Bricolage  (mixing  up  of  styles  and  materials)• Parody,  pastiche  and  irony

Postmodernism• Postmodernism  has  an  attitude  of  questioning  conventions  (especially  

those  set  out  by  Modernism)• Postmodern  aesthetic  =  multiplicity  of  styles  &  approaches• Theme  of  ‘double  coding’,  borrowing,  or  ‘quoting’  from  a  number  of  

historical  styles• Knowing  juxtapositions,  or  ‘postmodernist  irony’• Questioning  old  limitations• Space  for  marginalised  discourse:  

– Women,  sexual  diversity  &  multiculturalism

Le  Corbusier,  Chapel  of  Notre  Dame  du  Haut,  Ronchamp,  1953  –  5

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Le  Corbusier,  Maisons  Jaoul,  Neuilly  sur  Seine,  1954  –  6

Robert  Venturi:‘I  like  elements  which  are  hybrid  rather  than  “pure”,  compromising  rather  than  “clean”,  distorted  rather  than  “straight-­‐forward”,  ambiguous  rather  than  “articulated”,  perverse  as  well  as  impersonal….’

 Las  Vegas  

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   Mies  Van  der  Rohe  and  Philip  Johnson,  Seagram  Building,  New  York,  1957

Philip  Johnson,  Sony  Plaza  (former  AT&T  Building),  New  York,  1978  -­‐  84

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Ron  Herron/Archigram,  Walking  City  in  New  York,  1964

Renzo  Piano  and  Richard  Rogers,  Pompidou  Centre,  Paris,  1972  -­‐  77

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   James  Stirling,  Neue  Staatsgalerie,  Stuttgart,  Germany,  1977  -­‐  1983

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Michael  Graves,  Kettle,  for  Alessi,  1985

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Philippe  Starck,  Juicy  Salif,  1990

Ettore  Sotsass  (for  Memphis  Group),  Carlton  Bookcase,  1981

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SEX  Boutique,  Kings  Road  London,  1975  (Vivienne  Westwood  on  left)

Hussein  Chalayan,  After  Words,  2000  –  2001

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Hussein  Chalayan,  spring/summer  ’07  collection

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Hussein  Chalayan,  Veiled  and  Unveiled/  Chador,  1998  

Mark  Rothko,  Murals  for  Four  Seasons  Restaurant,  Seagram  Building,  1957,  now  in  Tate  Modern

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Andy  Warhol,  Campbell’s  Soup  Cans,  1962

Roy  Lichtenstein,  Drowning  Girl,  1963

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Jeff  Koons,  Dirty    -­‐  Jeff  on  top,  1992

Jeff  Koons,  Michael  Jackson  and  Bubbles,  1988

Marcel  Duchamp  (1887  -­‐  1968),  Fountain,  1917

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Marcel  Duchamp  (1887  -­‐  1968),  L.H.O.O.Q,  1919

Michael  Craig-­‐Martin,  An  Oak  Tree,  1973

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David  Shrigley

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Damien  Hirst,  Mother  and  Child  Divided,  1993

Tracey  Emin,  Everyone  I  have  ever  slept  with  1963  -­‐  95,  1995

Tracey  Emin  My  Bed  1998

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Sarah  Lucas,  Au  Naturel,  1994

Jake  and  Dinos  Chapman,  Zygotic  acceleration,  biogenetic,  de-­‐sublimated  libidinal  model  X  1000,1995

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Jake  (1966  -­‐  )  and  Dinos  (1962  -­‐  )  Chapman,  Zygotic  acceleration,  biogenetic,  de-­‐sublimated  libidinal  model  (enlarged  X  1000),  1995

Jake  and  Dinos  Chapman,  Fuck  Face,  1995

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Jake  and  Dinos  Chapman,  Works  from  the  Chapman  Family  Collection,  2002

Chris  O,ili  No  Woman,  No  Cry  1998  

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Chris  O,ili,  Holy  Virgin  Mary,  1996

Chris  O,ili,  Captain  Shit  and  the  Legend  of  the  Black  Stars  ,  1997

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Chris  O,ili,  Shithead

Martin  Creed  Work  No.  227:  The  lights  going  on  and  off  2000

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Martin  Creed,  Work  No.  81  a  one  inch  cube  of  maskingtape    in  the  middle  of  every  wall  in  a  building,  1993

Mark  Wallinger,  Sleeper  

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Helmut  Krone  for  Doyle  Dane  Berbach,    Think  Small,  advert  for  Volkswagen,  1959

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 Tony  Kaye/Ogilvy  &  Mather,  Dunlop,  1993

Langlands  and  Bell,  The  House

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David  Carson,  Ray  Gun,  double  page  spread

David  Carson,  Don’t  mistake  legibility  for  communication

Barbara  Kruger,  I  shop  therefore  I  am,  1987,  

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Selfridges,  Buy  Me.    I’ll  change  your  life,  

Andy  Warhol,  Campbell’s  Soup  Can,  1964

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Andy  Warhol,  Turquoise  Marilyn,  1964

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Rachel  Whiteread  (1963  -­‐  ),  House,  1993

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The  K.L.F.  (Kopyright  Liberation  Front)  (Bill  Drummond  (1953  -­‐  )  and  Jimmy  Cauty  (1956  -­‐  ))

The  K  Foundation,  Nailed  to  the  Wall  (1994)

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The  K  Foundation,  Movie  Still  from  Watch  the  K  Foundation  Burn  a  Million  Quid  (1994)

Richard  Long,  A  Line  Made  by  Walking,  1967

Richard  Long  (1945  -­‐  ),  A  Smell  of  Sulphur  in  the  Wind,  1994  (divided  by  Bill  Drummond)

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Bill  Drummond  at  work  on  A  Smell  of  Sulphur  in  the  Wind

SUMMARY• Postmodern  attitude  of  questioning  conventions  (esp.  Modernism)• Postmodern  aesthetic  =  multiplicity  of  styles  &  approaches• Shift  in  thought  &  theory  investigating  ‘crisis  in  con=idence’• Space  for  ‘new  voices’