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Do you concieve of it as a true thrust away from Modernism or do you view it as an extension of the modern? Has there really been a collapse of history?
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Re: How do art art historians deal with Po-Mo?
Thu, August 4, 2005 - 9:42 PMOnce you think about it, the term post-modern itself is a contradiction unless you're talking about the future. Anyway, I think the new generation of artists will bring something new to the table and that will be the next wave. Fifty years form now, they will be in whatever movement thay'll be in, but they'll refer to this period as post-modern even though it's in the past. What will this new generation be? Well, I predict a movement back toward classicism since many art students I know seem to condem art school and the current movements in favor of more literal styles. Even if everything will be done on computers within the next decade, it will probably have much more of a classic style. Maybe art will incorporate pop culture once again, this time in form of actual playable video games as art in show rooms or comic books. The point is, art will continue to prgress. Anyone that says otherwise is stuck too firmly in the present. -
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Re: How do art art historians deal with Po-Mo?
Sat, August 6, 2005 - 1:16 AMI read somewhere that human inovation is best seen as short spurts of epiphany when everything gets invented, then longer periods of refinement.
If this is true, I think we're about due for some refinement. I mean look at all the new crap we've got all of a sudden. Most of the really knew tech is just combos of stuff like telephones and cameras, or improved automobiles which havent really changed all that much since they were invented.
If the same is true of art, then why wouldnt we be due a period of "classicism"? I think we are. We've had alot of great ideas in the last century or so. Why not lend a little validity to exploring them? -
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Re: How do art art historians deal with Po-Mo?
Thu, October 6, 2005 - 9:11 AMWell, yes.
But to answer the original question, I usually start with an essay on architecture from around 1990, (don't have it here), that draws attention to how postmodernism uses bits and pieces of 'classic' styles, arranging them, then go from there to say that postmodernism is something that says 'yes' to everything - it's the movement that just can't say no. I wish I had the article here - it links the spirit of po-mo to the 16th century in Italy, at least in architecture.
Anything coming after, it seems to me, Ferrous, would have to start with a 'no.'
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