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Prebles’ Artforms Twelfth Edition
Chapter 25
Postmodernity and Global Art
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Learning Objectives (1 of 2)
25.1 Describe the principal characteristics of postmodern and recent architecture.
25.2 Discuss some of the changes in painting styles since the 1980s
25.3 Identify the postmodern influence on contemporary photography.
25.4 Discuss the materials, techniques, and functions of contemporary sculpture.
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Learning Objectives (2 of 2)
25.5 Contrast examples of contemporary art produced for public spaces.
25.6 Discuss some causes artists have supported with socially conscious artworks.
25.7 Define the movement known as Post-Internet Art.
25.8 Explain the influence of globalism on contemporary art.
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Introduction
• Urge to rebel against the norm lost impact when rebellion became normal. – Few rules left to break
• Present-generation artists prefer to comment on life rather than perfect form, create beauty, or fine-tune sight.
– Relationships between what we see and how we think
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Architecture (1 of 4) 25.1 Describe the principal characteristics of postmodern and recent architecture.
• A departure from sterile, glass-box look – Buildings no longer all the same
• Venturi and Scott-Brown, Learning from Las Vegas – Urged architects to study the local, vernacular, and tacky
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Architecture (2 of 4) 25.1 Describe the principal characteristics of postmodern and recent architecture.
• Michael Graves, Public Services Building – Formal and playful – Elements without structural function
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Michael Graves. Public Services Building. Portland, Oregon. 1980–82. Photograph: Nikreates/Alamy. [Fig. 25-1]
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Architecture (3 of 4) 25.1 Describe the principal characteristics of postmodern and recent architecture.
• Frank Gehry, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao – New shapes made possible by three-dimensional computer modeling
• Today’s architects try to make visually stunning buildings that fulfill function.
• Thom Mayne – Gates Hall at Cornell University
▪ Four-story atrium with glass exterior walls ▪ Exterior panels of perforated stainless steel
– Filter sunlight while promoting views ▪ “Light, light, light”
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Thom Mayne and Morphosis. Gates Hall, Cornell University. 2014–15. Photograph: Roland Halbe.
[Fig. 25-2]
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Architecture (4 of 4) 25.1 Describe the principal characteristics of postmodern and recent architecture.
• Artists finding low-tech solutions to local problems
• Kunlé Adeyemi – Community radio station for impoverished waterside settlement in Nigeria
▪ Welcoming dock ▪ Deck serves second purpose as an amphitheater
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Kunlé Adeyemi. Chicoco Radio Station, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. 2014. Courtesy of NLÉ, the architects. [Fig. 25-3]
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Painting (1 of 5) 25.2 Discuss some of the changes in painting styles since the 1980s.
• Neo-Expressionism – Susan Rothenburg
▪ Symbolic, heavily brushed works ▪ Muted palette with little color ▪ Juggler with Shadows
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Susan Rothenberg. Juggler with Shadows. 1987. Oil on canvas. 72-