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CHAPTER THIRTY
THE POSTMODERN ERA: ART SINCE 1980
Google Earth Coordinates:
Guggenheim Museum, NYC
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
Videos and Podcasts:
Hausmann Raoul Audio
Hausmann Raoul Poem
Paul Strand and Charles Sheeler: Manhatta
Video Links:
Diego Rivera’s Frescoes
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Architecture
Key Images
Robert Venturi, Vanna Venturi House, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, p. 1078, 30.1
Michael Graves, Public Services Building, Portland, Oregon, p.1079, 30.2
James Stirling, Neue Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, p.1079, 30.3
Materials and Techniques: Computer-Aided Design in Architecture, p. 1085
In the designs of Charles Moore and Robert Venturi, Postmodernist buildings
Post-Minimalism and Pluralism: Limitless Possibilities in Fine Art
Key Images
Anselm Kiefer, To the Unknown Painter, p.1086, 30.10
Julian Schnabel, The Exile, p. 1087, 30.11
Primary Source: Cindy Sherman (b. 1954), From an interview, p. 1091
In the 1990s, artists explored a wide range of subjects including an interest in
installation art, and the themes of racial, ethnic, and gender identity, and a
preoccupation with the body.
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Appropriation Art: Deconstructing Images
Key Images
Barbara Kruger, , p.1092, 30.16
Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #15, p.1093, 30.17
As more artists were influenced by Postmodern ideas, they turned to photography,
video, film, billboards, and LED boards.
Multiculturalism and Political Art
Key Images
David Hammons, Higher Goals, p. 1096, 30.21
Kara Walker, Insurrection (Our Tools Were Rudimentary, Yet We Pressed On), p. 1097,
30.22
Primary Source: Ilya Kabakov (b. 1933), On installations, p. 1102
: The Changing Art Market, p. 1104
In the Postmodern 1980s there was a surge in art dealing with issues of race,
ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation, as well as social and economic issues.
Global Art
Key Images
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Key Terms/Places/Names
Postmodernism
Deconstructivism
Russian Constructivism
Neo-Expressionism
Post-Minimal aesthetic
Installation and Video Art
Discussion Questions
1. What is the role of computers in facilitating designs in architecture?
2. What images The Exile (30.11)?
Michael Jackson and Bubbles (30.20) similar to a Warhol
print?
7. What meaning is sugg Higher Goals (30.21)?
Resources
Books
Galinsky, Karl. Classical and Modern Interactions: Postmodern Architecture,
Multiculturalism, Decline, and Other Issues. Austin: University of Texas Press,
1992.
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