Modern Art Movements Postmodernism - Eleanor Heartney

Perhaps no word has been as overused and misunderstood in recent times as 'postmodernism'. This book is a comprehensive and highly readable examination of what postmodernism means in the context of contemporary art.

The postmodern revolution replaced the universal, original, and progressive modernist belief with a worldview that transforms artworks into texts, history into mythology, the artist into a fictional character, and reality into an outdated tradition.

Eleanor Heartney examines significant developments in the history of postmodern art, including Neo-Expressionism, the 'anti-aesthetic' movement, metacommentary, postmodern feminism, and multiculturalism debates. In doing so, she touches on a number of intriguing issues, including the following questions:

• What is art without the artist?
• Why is photography the most genuinely postmodern medium?
• How did a movement whose foundation was based on an opposition to the commodification of art create one of the most fervent art markets in recent history?

Postmodernism brings clarity to a confusing period of contemporary art.

This series introduces readers to the art movements that have marked the last two centuries. It offers an illuminating perspective from which the entire developmental trajectory of modern art can be viewed, both through its different periods and as a whole.

Product Features

• Author: Eleanor Heartney
• Translator: Ebru Berrin Alpay
• Publisher: Hayalperest Yayınevi
• Page Count: 88
• Dimensions: 16.5 x 21 cm
• Cover: Softcover
• Paper Type: Coated Paper
• ISBN: 9786258253658