Postmodernism

True or False: Postmodernism does not have a specific definition.

• True
• False

Appropriation means...

• A lesson that can be derived from a story or experience.

• Borrowing and recontextualising artworks or imagery from artwork or popular culture.

• Creating a theory or attitude that acts as a guiding principle for behaviour

• Changing the machinery or working parts of something

The following is a key issue addressed in Postmodern Art

• Religious themes

• Political statements

• Imitating nature (creating realistic artworks)

• Focusing on the formal qualities of artworks

Parody means...

• To assemble for a formal exhibition or ceremonial occasion

• An artwork that combines contradictory features or qualities

• Imitating an artwork or image with a humorous, exaggerated slant

• A collective gathering of intellectual and artistic achievement

The following events directly impacted Postmodern theory

• The Industrial Revoution

• Colonialism

• Globalisation

• Archeological exploration

Satire is...

• when your expectations are met

• the use of ridicule to challenge values

• the feeling of being foolish

• an Indonesian and Malaysian dish, containing peanuts

Pastiche refers to...

• when an artist adds materials corrode or eat away the surface of (something)

• a unit of liquid or dry capacity using for ceramic materials

• an art movement from the 1800s

• the borrowing and combing of aspects from different styles and/or cultures