1.
INTRODUCTION
The Post-Modernism era came after
the end of the Modern era, but it’s
impossible to say exactly when.
The Modern era was the time of
recovery from World War II, which
started globalization.
Sandy Skoglund, 1981
“Revenge of the Goldfish”

2.
WHAT IS POST-MODERNISM?
Many way’s to describe it and how it started:
The era where Modern art is accepted by the public.
Andy Warhol
Something with no absolute truth.
People give up trying to break traditions.
Depicts that reality is a social constrict and
is subject to change.
Urge to depart from the norm lost its impact when it BECAME the norm.
Where “Breaking the Rules” is something EVERYBODY is doing and
becomes common, or what’s expected (ie. Boring).

3.
MORE ABOUT THE ERA
What influenced it? Where it began/spread?
Some say it was World War II that Began:
started it. Germany
The strength of unification and Western America
dying thought of objectivity brought
about this era. Spread:
Eastern America
Other say the overuse of modern Europe
art caused it. India
Everybody was doing the “unique” Asia
(breaking traditional rules), which
became the normal.
Barbara Kurger

4.
ARCHITECTURE
The best of Post-Modernism is displayed in
architecture.
The utopian, International Style of buildings (refer
to the left pictures) was popular back then, even
during the Modern era.
These buildings didn’t have any identity, purpose,
meaning, or mystery.
During Post-Modern, architects created these
buildings on the next slide…
These are MODERN buildings.

5.
Steigenberger Hotel at El Gouna (Egypt)
Michael Graves
School in Escuela
Campus Recreation Center
Thorn Mayne

6.
Philip Johnson

7.
PAINTING
Pop Art Post-Modern Art
(Before Post-Modern)
Post-Modern paintings came right after You can very easily tell the
the end of Pop Art. difference between the two.
Post-Modern artists were known as
Neo-expressionisms, whom use vivid
color to express objects and human
beings.

8.
Susan Rothenberg
Susan Rothenberg was the first
few artists in this era.
Elizabeth Murray
Blackground
She combines minimalism with
cubism, creating mystery VS
material elements in her
Jazz
paintings.
More than you know
Elizabeth Murray combines
personal meaning with
Blue Head
innovative form, especially
in More than you know.

9.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Modern Photography always had one thing Post-Modern Photography has a subject and
in common: many hidden meanings, while avoiding any one
One subject and an objective meaning. objective meaning.

10.
Modern Post-Modern
Reject truth,
Trust Absolute point out
Truth assumptions
Fact through Facts created
logic and by assumptions
observation
Desire for an Diversity of
absolute doctrines
doctrine
Emphasized Emphasizes
logic story, journey,
proportions discovery