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Postmodernism:	
  	
  Contemporary	
  Trends	
  

Art	
  109A:	
  	
  Art	
  since	
  1945	
  
Westchester	
  Community	
  College	
  
Fall	
  2011	
  
Dr.	
  Melissa	
  Hall	
  
Postmodernism	
  
“The	
  last	
  generaEon	
  .	
  .	
  .	
  was	
  arguably	
  the	
  most	
  
abnormal,	
  surprising,	
  chaoEc,	
  and	
  troubling	
  era	
  in	
  the	
  
enEre	
  history	
  of	
  art.	
  	
  All	
  tradiEons	
  in	
  the	
  realm	
  of	
  the	
  
visual	
  came	
  tumbling	
  down	
  to	
  an	
  extent	
  never	
  
demonstrated	
  before.	
  	
  Inherited	
  ideas	
  about	
  the	
  
relaEonship	
  between	
  visuality	
  and	
  reality	
  in	
  general	
  
were	
  confounded	
  .	
  .	
  .	
  .	
  Around	
  1960,	
  the	
  idea	
  became	
  
widespread	
  that	
  the	
  aestheEc	
  approach	
  was	
  not	
  
really	
  the	
  only	
  available	
  way	
  to	
  make	
  and	
  appreciate	
  
the	
  importance	
  of	
  art	
  .	
  .	
  .	
  .	
  Instead	
  of	
  pure	
  form	
  and	
  
color,	
  the	
  values	
  of	
  criEcism,	
  analysis,	
  cogniEon,	
  
social	
  commentary,	
  wit,	
  humor,	
  surprise	
  and	
  reversal	
  
now	
  prevail.	
  	
  These	
  values	
  have	
  become	
  the	
  
generalized	
  underpinnings	
  of	
  a	
  broad	
  post-­‐Modern	
  
approach	
  that	
  contains	
  many	
  styles	
  .	
  .	
  .	
  Yet	
  it	
  has	
  
always	
  been	
  a	
  part	
  of	
  the	
  idea	
  of	
  democracy	
  that	
  it	
  
must	
  have	
  built-­‐in	
  mechanisms	
  of	
  self-­‐criEcism,	
  of	
  
which	
  the	
  arts	
  can	
  be	
  one	
  among	
  others.”	
  	
  	
  
Arthur	
  Danto,	
  “Value	
  in	
  an	
  Age	
  of	
  Chaos,”	
  in	
  Linda	
  
Weintraub,	
  Art	
  on	
  the	
  Edge	
  and	
  Over,	
  p.	
  254-­‐58.	
  
Pain-ng	
  
Jenny	
  Savile	
  one	
  of	
  the	
  YBAs	
  (“Young	
  
BriEsh	
  ArEsts”)	
  Sensa1on,	
  the	
  
Brooklyn	
  Museum’s	
  exhibiEon	
  of	
  the	
  
Saatchi	
  collecEon	
  

Realist	
  painter	
  in	
  the	
  tradiEon	
  of	
  
Francis	
  Bacon	
  and	
  Lucien	
  Freud	
  




                                                             Jenny	
  Savile,	
  	
  Self	
  Portrait,	
  1991	
  
                                                             Seavest	
  CollecEon	
  
Jenny	
  Savile	
  
Large-­‐scale	
  nude	
  self-­‐portraits	
  that	
  
grotesquely	
  exaggerate	
  her	
  obesity	
  

“What	
  is	
  this	
  thing,	
  the	
  body,	
  her	
  
painEngs	
  ask,	
  when	
  it	
  is	
  stripped	
  bare,	
  
denuded	
  of	
  personality	
  and	
  context,	
  
this	
  thing	
  that	
  seems	
  so	
  much	
  a	
  part	
  of	
  
us,	
  and	
  which	
  we	
  try	
  so	
  hard	
  to	
  look	
  
aaer	
  and	
  yet	
  which	
  betrays	
  us,	
  decays	
  
from	
  within,	
  and	
  which,	
  when	
  it	
  leaves	
  
us,	
  takes	
  us	
  with	
  it?”	
  
h_p://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2005/oct/
22/art.friezearcair2005	
  




                                                                      Jenny	
  Savile,	
  Plan,	
  1993	
  
                                                                      Source:	
  	
  h_p://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/arth200/Body/saville.html	
  
Jenny	
  Savile,	
  Torso	
  2,	
  2004	
     Jenny	
  Savile,	
  Branded,	
  1992	
  
Saatchi	
  Gallery	
  	
  
Jenny	
  Savile	
  
Series	
  of	
  photographs	
  recall	
  Ana	
  
Medieta’s	
  body	
  prints	
  and	
  Yves	
  Klein’s	
  
anthropometries	
  




                                                            Jenny	
  Savile	
  and	
  Glen	
  Luchford,	
  Closed	
  Contact,	
  1995-­‐1996	
  
                                                            Source:	
  	
  h_p://www.colecEva.tv/wordpress/?s=jenny+saville	
  
Lisa	
  Yuskavage	
  
Grotesque	
  distorEons	
  of	
  female	
  
fantasy	
  ideal	
  




                                              Lisa	
  Yuskavage,	
  Wrist	
  Corsage,	
  1996	
  
                                              Museum	
  of	
  Modern	
  Art	
  	
  
Lisa	
  Yuskavage	
  
Cross	
  between	
  fairytale,	
  children’s	
  
toys,	
  and	
  pornography	
  




Lisa	
  Yuskavage,	
  Nighty,	
  1994	
            Lisa	
  Yuskavage,	
  Day,	
  1994	
  
h_p://www.theslideprojector.com/art6/              h_p://www.theslideprojector.com/art6/art6lecturepresentaEons/art6lecture13.html	
  
art6lecturepresentaEons/art6lecture13.html	
  
John	
  Currin	
  
Hybrid	
  of	
  Old	
  Master	
  technique,	
  
Norman	
  Rockwell	
  folksiness,	
  and	
  
modern	
  (oaen	
  pornographic)	
  subjects	
  




                                                   John	
  Currin,	
  Nice	
  n’	
  Easy,	
  1999	
  
                                                   Source:	
  	
  
                                                   hDp://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/artmarketwatch/
                                                   artmarketwatch11-­‐12-­‐08_detail.asp?picnum=6	
  
Takashi	
  Murakami	
  
   Superflat	
  –	
  based	
  on	
  Japanese	
  anime	
  
   (animaEon)	
  and	
  manga	
  (comics)	
  


“Mr	
  DOB,	
  a	
  hybrid	
  cartoon	
  figure,	
  which	
  
is	
  parEally	
  based	
  on	
  a	
  stylised	
  portrait	
  of	
  the	
  
arEst	
  himself	
  .	
  .	
  .	
  DOB	
  is	
  an	
  abbreviaEon	
  for	
  
'why'	
  and	
  reflects	
  Murakami's	
  criEcal	
  aotude	
  
towards	
  the	
  empEness	
  of	
  consumer	
  society.	
  
Its	
  flatness	
  references	
  tradiEonal	
  Japanese	
  
painEng	
  and	
  links	
  his	
  work	
  to	
  the	
  two-­‐
dimensional	
  character	
  of	
  much	
  contemporary	
  
media	
  imagery	
  and	
  computer	
  graphics.”	
  
Queensland	
  Art	
  Gallery	
  




                                                                               Takashi	
  Murakami,	
  Mr	
  DOB	
  All	
  Stars	
  (Oh	
  My	
  the	
  Mr.	
  DOB),	
  1998	
  
                                                                               Rubell	
  Family	
  CollecEon	
  
Takashi	
  Murakami	
  
Also	
  makes	
  sculpture,	
  T-­‐shirts,	
  toys,	
  
keychains,	
  and	
  limited	
  ediEon	
  Louis	
  
Vui_on	
  handbags	
  




                                                          Takashi	
  Murakami	
  at	
  the	
  Geffen	
  Contemporary	
  at	
  MOCA	
  
                                                          h_p://cubeme.com/blog/2007/11/07/takashi-­‐murakami-­‐retrospecEve-­‐moca/	
  
Takashi	
  Murakami	
  
  Recent	
  notoriety	
  fort	
  two	
  life-­‐size	
  
  sculptures	
  called	
  My	
  Cowboy	
  and	
  
  Hiropon	
  

“Hiropon''	
  is	
  	
  .	
  .	
  .	
  caught	
  in	
  mid-­‐skip	
  
while	
  her	
  milk,	
  spurEng	
  from	
  
enormous	
  breasts,	
  circles	
  her	
  body	
  like	
  
a	
  jump	
  rope	
  .	
  .	
  .	
  ''My	
  Lonesome	
  
Cowboy,''	
  whose	
  semen	
  swirls	
  above	
  
his	
  head	
  like	
  a	
  lasso,	
  is	
  simplisEcally	
  
macho.”	
  
Roberta	
  Smith	
  
h_p://www.nyEmes.com/1999/02/05/arts/art-­‐in-­‐
review-­‐takashi-­‐murakami.html	
  




                                                                        Takashi	
  Murakami	
  at	
  the	
  Geffen	
  Contemporary	
  at	
  MOCA	
  
                                                                        h_p://cubeme.com/blog/2007/11/07/takashi-­‐murakami-­‐retrospecEve-­‐moca/	
  
Takashi	
  Murakami	
  
In	
  2008	
  Lonesome	
  Cowboy	
  sold	
  for	
  
$15.2	
  million	
  dollars	
  




                                                      Takashi	
  Murakami,	
  Lonesome	
  Cowboy,	
  1998	
  
                                                      Image	
  source:	
  	
  h_p://design-­‐style.org/2010/11/11/sexuality-­‐and-­‐transcendence/	
  
Sculpture	
  
   MarEn	
  Puryear	
  –	
  Postminimalist	
  
   preoccupaEon	
  with	
  materials	
  and	
  
   process	
  

"Mr.	
  Puryear	
  is	
  a	
  formalist	
  in	
  a	
  Eme	
  
when	
  that	
  is	
  something	
  of	
  a	
  dirty	
  
word.”	
  
Roberta	
  Smith	
  




                                                                MarEn	
  Puryear	
  retrospecEve	
  at	
  MOMA	
  
                                                                Image	
  source:	
  	
  h_p://www.nyEmes.com/slideshow/2007/11/01/arts/1102-­‐PURY_2.html	
  
Sculpture	
  
   His	
  works	
  evoke	
  African	
  tribal	
  craas	
  
   and	
  ritual	
  objects	
  


"A	
  mysterious	
  seducEve	
  blackness	
  
permeates	
  Mr.	
  Puryear's	
  work,	
  as	
  seen	
  
in	
  "Confessional"	
  (1996-­‐2000),	
  a	
  
monolith	
  made	
  of	
  wire	
  mesh,	
  tar	
  and	
  
various	
  woods.”	
  
Roberta	
  Smith	
  




                                                             MarEn	
  Puryear	
  retrospecEve	
  at	
  MOMA	
  
                                                             Image	
  source:	
  	
  h_p://www.nyEmes.com/slideshow/2007/11/01/arts/1102-­‐PURY_2.html	
  
David	
  Hammons	
  
  Works	
  appear	
  “formalist,”	
  but	
  reveal	
  
  deeper	
  commentary	
  about	
  race	
  


“Rock	
  Head,	
  is	
  a	
  smooth,	
  elongated	
  
oval	
  boulder	
  on	
  a	
  metal	
  stand	
  in	
  a	
  
Perspex	
  box.	
  Hair	
  swept	
  from	
  a	
  Harlem	
  
barbershop	
  floor	
  has	
  been	
  glued	
  on	
  to	
  
the	
  top	
  of	
  the	
  rock,	
  then	
  given	
  a	
  
professional	
  clip	
  and	
  snazzy	
  razor-­‐cut	
  
by	
  the	
  barber	
  himself.”	
  
h_p://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2002/oct/05/
artsfeatures	
  




                                                              David	
  Hammons,	
  Rock	
  Head,	
  2005	
  
                                                              Museum	
  of	
  Modern	
  Art	
  	
  
David	
  Hammons,	
  Un1tled,	
  1992	
  
Whitney	
  Museum	
  
David	
  Hammons,	
  UnEtled,	
  (1989)	
  
Glass	
  wine	
  bo_les	
  and	
  silicon	
  glue	
  
Sculpture	
  
Anish	
  Kapoor	
  –	
  BriEsh	
  sculptor	
  of	
  
Indian	
  descent	
  




                                                       Anish	
  Kapoor,	
  Un1tled,	
  2007	
  
                                                       Metropolitan	
  Museum	
  
Anish	
  Kapoor,	
  As	
  if	
  to	
  celebrate,	
  I	
  discovered	
  a	
  mountain	
  blooming	
  with	
  red	
  flowers,	
  1981	
  
Tate	
  Gallery	
  




                                                                                                                                         Anish	
  Kapoor,	
  Marsyas,	
  2002	
  Turbine	
  Hall,	
  Tate	
  Modern	
  
                                                                                                                                         Source:	
  	
  h_p://www.anishkapoor.com/works/gallery/2002marsyas/index.htm	
  
Anish	
  Kapoor,	
  Cloudgate,	
  2004,	
  Millenium	
  Park,	
  Chicago	
  
h_p://www.anishkapoor.com/works/gallery/2004cloudgate/index.htm	
  
Rachel	
  Whiteread	
  
Got	
  her	
  start	
  with	
  a	
  concrete	
  cast	
  she	
  
made	
  of	
  an	
  east-­‐end	
  London	
  house	
  
scheduled	
  for	
  demoliEon	
  

Sculptures	
  of	
  negaEve	
  space	
  –	
  
permanent	
  monuments	
  to	
  absence	
  




                                                                  Rachel	
  Whiteread,	
  Un1tled	
  (House)	
  	
  1993	
  
Rachel	
  Whiteread	
  
  Judenplatz	
  Holocaust	
  Memorial,	
  
  Austria:	
  	
  outside	
  is	
  lined	
  with	
  cast	
  
  library	
  shelves	
  turned	
  inside	
  out	
  


“The	
  shelves	
  of	
  the	
  memorial	
  appear	
  
to	
  hold	
  endless	
  copies	
  of	
  the	
  same	
  
ediEon,	
  which	
  stand	
  for	
  the	
  vast	
  
number	
  of	
  the	
  vicEms,	
  as	
  well	
  as	
  the	
  
concept	
  of	
  Jews	
  as	
  "People	
  of	
  the	
  
Book."	
  The	
  double	
  doors	
  are	
  cast	
  with	
  
the	
  panels	
  inside	
  out,	
  and	
  have	
  no	
  
doorknobs	
  or	
  handles.”	
  
h_p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Judenplatz_Holocaust_Memorial	
  




                                                                Rachel	
  Whiteread,	
  Judenplatz	
  Holocaust	
  Memorial	
  (The	
  Naemless	
  Library),	
  2000	
  
                                                                memorial	
  to	
  the	
  65,000	
  murdered	
  Austrian	
  Jews	
  in	
  the	
  Holocaust	
  at	
  Judenplatz	
  in	
  Vienna	
  
                                                                Source:	
  	
  h_p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judenplatz_Holocaust_Memorial	
  
Shadow	
  of	
  a	
  passerby	
  at	
  the	
  memorial.	
  
Source:	
  	
  h_p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judenplatz_Holocaust_Memorial	
  
Rachel	
  Whitread,	
  Water	
  Tower,	
  1998	
  
Museum	
  of	
  Modern	
  Art	
  
Janine	
  Antoni	
  
Minimalist	
  cubes	
  of	
  chocolate	
  and	
  lard,	
  
bi_en	
  and	
  chewed	
  by	
  the	
  arEst	
  




                                                             Janine	
  Antoni,	
  Gnaw,	
  1992	
  
                                                             Museum	
  of	
  Modern	
  Art	
  	
  
Janine	
  Antoni,	
  Gnaw,	
  1992	
  
Source:	
  	
  h_p://www.theslideprojector.com/art1/art1twoday/art1lecture28.html	
  
Janine	
  Antoni	
  
Used	
  mouthfuls	
  to	
  mold	
  heart-­‐shaped	
  
chocolate	
  boxes	
  and	
  lipsEcks	
  




                                                        Janine	
  Antoni,	
  Gnaw,	
  1992	
  
                                                        Museum	
  of	
  Modern	
  Art	
  	
  
Janine	
  Antoni	
  
Portrait	
  busts	
  of	
  the	
  arEst	
  molded	
  with	
  
chocolate	
  and	
  soap	
  

Features	
  erased	
  by	
  process	
  of	
  licking	
  
and	
  washing	
  




                                                                Janine	
  Antoni,	
  Lick	
  and	
  Lather,	
  1993	
  
                                                                Brooklyn	
  Museum	
  	
  
Ron	
  Mueck	
  
BriEsh	
  YBA	
  
Super-­‐realisEc	
  resin	
  
sculptures	
  that	
  play	
  
with	
  scale	
  




                                 Ron	
  Mueck,	
  Dead	
  Dad,	
  1996-­‐97	
  
                                 Source:	
  	
  h_p://www.saatchi-­‐gallery.co.uk/blogon/art_news/space_is_the_place_by__paul_farley/5786	
  
Ron	
  Mueck,	
  Two	
  Women,	
  2005	
  
hDp://www.melbourneplaces.com/melbourne/ron-­‐mueck’s-­‐sculptures-­‐at-­‐the-­‐ngv-­‐a-­‐confron1ng-­‐and-­‐haun1ng-­‐experience/	
  
Ron	
  Mueck,	
  Two	
  Women,	
  2005	
  
hDp://www.melbourneplaces.com/melbourne/ron-­‐mueck’s-­‐sculptures-­‐at-­‐the-­‐ngv-­‐a-­‐confron1ng-­‐and-­‐haun1ng-­‐experience/	
  
Ron	
  Mueck,	
  A	
  Girl,	
  2006	
  
Source:	
  	
  h_p://www.theslideprojector.com/art1/art1twoday/art1lecture29.html	
  
Maurizio	
  CaDelan	
  
Gained	
  internaEonal	
  notoriety	
  for	
  his	
  
sculpture	
  of	
  the	
  Pope	
  struck	
  down	
  by	
  a	
  
meteor	
  at	
  the	
  Royal	
  Academy	
  	
  

The	
  work	
  sold	
  at	
  ChrisEes	
  for	
  3	
  million	
  




                                                                   Maurizio	
  Ca_elan,	
  La	
  Nona	
  Ora	
  (The	
  Ninth	
  Hour),	
  1999	
  	
  	
  
                                                                   Source:	
  	
  h_p://www.terminartors.com/artworkprofile/Ca_elan_Maurizio-­‐La_Nona_Ora_The_Ninth_Hour	
  
Jake	
  and	
  Dinos	
  Chapman	
  
BriEsh	
  YBA	
  collaboraEve	
  
team	
  of	
  brothers	
  

Outrageous	
  sculptures	
  of	
  
mannequins	
  of	
  mutant	
  
adolescent	
  girls	
  




                                     Jake	
  and	
  Dinos	
  Chapman,	
  Tragic	
  Anatomies:	
  Sad	
  Doggy,	
  1996	
  	
  Fibreglass,	
  resin,	
  paint	
  
                                     Saatchi	
  Gallery         	
  	
  
Robert	
  Gober	
  
   Makes	
  the	
  ordinary	
  seem	
  
   uncomfortably	
  strange	
  


“These	
  works	
  oaen	
  evoke	
  the	
  
paradoxical	
  phenomenon	
  that	
  
Sigmund	
  Freud	
  called	
  "the	
  uncanny"—
something	
  ordinary	
  that,	
  through	
  even	
  
a	
  slight	
  disorientaEon,	
  reveals	
  a	
  hidden	
  
strangeness,	
  bringing	
  out	
  long-­‐
forgo_en	
  fears	
  and	
  collapsing	
  long-­‐
established	
  certainEes.”	
  
Museum	
  of	
  Modern	
  Art	
  




                                                              Robert	
  Gober,	
  1tled.	
  (1989-­‐90.)	
  Wax,	
  coDon,	
  leather,	
  human	
  hair,	
  and	
  wood	
  
                                                              Museum	
  of	
  Modern	
  Art	
  
Photography	
  
Legacy	
  of	
  the	
  pictures	
  generaEon	
  
conEnues	
  to	
  have	
  an	
  impact	
  on	
  
contemporary	
  arEsts	
  




Man	
  Ray,	
  Marcel	
  Duchamp	
  as	
  Rrose	
  Selavy,	
  1921	
     Yasumasa	
  Morimura	
  Doublannage	
  (Marcel),	
  1988	
  
                                                                         h_p://www.artnet.com/usernet/awc/awc_thumbnail.asp?
                                                                         aid=424262577&gid=424262577&works_of_art=1&cid=75405	
  
Photography	
  
Japanese	
  arEst	
  Yasumasa	
  Morimura	
  
uses	
  Cindy	
  Sherman’s	
  “dress-­‐up”	
  
strategies	
  to	
  insert	
  himself	
  into	
  iconic	
  
female	
  roles	
  from	
  art	
  history	
  and	
  the	
  
media	
  




                                                              Yasumasa	
  Morimura	
  Self	
  Portrait	
  Acer	
  Marilyn,	
  1996	
  
                                                              hDp://www.saatchi-­‐gallery.co.uk/ar1sts/yasumasa_morimura.htm	
  
Photography	
  




                                                              Yasumasa	
  Morimura	
  Portrait	
  (Futago),	
  1988;	
  photograph;	
  chromogenic	
  print	
  with	
  acrylic	
  paint	
  
                                                              and	
  gel	
  medium	
  
                                                              SFMOMA	
  	
  
Yasumasa	
  Morimura	
  An	
  Inner	
  Dialogue	
  with	
  
Frida	
  Kahlo	
  (Hand	
  Shaped	
  Earring),	
  2001	
  
Brooklyn	
  Museum	
  
Carrie	
  Mae	
  Weems	
  
Photo-­‐essay	
  involving	
  re-­‐photography	
  
of	
  archival	
  photos	
  




J.T.	
  Zealy.	
  Delia,	
  American	
  born,	
  daughter	
  of	
  Renty,	
  
Congo.	
  	
  1850.	
  	
  Daguerreotype.	
                                     Carrie	
  Mae	
  Weems,	
  From	
  Here	
  I	
  Saw	
  What	
  Happened	
  and	
  I	
  Cried,	
  1995	
  
h_p://preserve.harvard.edu/exhibits/                                            Museum	
  of	
  Modern	
  Art	
  
daguerreotype/images/woman.jpg	
  
Carrie	
  Mae	
  Weems,	
  From	
  Here	
  I	
  Saw	
  What	
  Happened	
  and	
  I	
  Cried,	
  1995	
  
h_p://www.30americans.com/ArEst/Carrie_Mae_Weems/Weems2.jpg	
  
New	
  Approaches	
  to	
  
Photography	
  
Canadian	
  arEst	
  Jeff	
  Wall	
  uses	
  
photography	
  to	
  create	
  large	
  scale	
  
arEficial	
  realiEes	
  modeled	
  on	
  high	
  art	
  




                                                           Jeff	
  Wall,	
  A	
  Sudden	
  Gust	
  of	
  Wind	
  (Acer	
  Hokusai),	
  1993	
  
                                                           Tate	
  Gallery	
  
“Amateur	
  actors	
  play	
  the	
  odd	
  assortment	
  of	
  rural	
  and	
  city	
  characters,	
  surprised	
  by	
  the	
  forces	
  of	
  nature.	
  It	
  required	
  
over	
  100	
  photographs,	
  taken	
  over	
  the	
  course	
  of	
  more	
  than	
  a	
  year,	
  to	
  achieve	
  a	
  seamless	
  montage	
  that	
  gives	
  the	
  
illusion	
  of	
  capturing	
  a	
  real	
  moment	
  in	
  Eme.”	
  Tate	
  Gallery	
  
Andreas	
  Gursky	
  
German	
  photographer	
  
Large-­‐scale	
  images	
  
that	
  evoke	
  the	
  
dehumanizaEon	
  of	
  
high	
  tech	
  industry	
  and	
  
global	
  market	
  
economy	
  




                                      Andreus	
  Gusky,	
  99	
  Cent,	
  1999	
  
                                      Source:	
  	
  h_p://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/2001/gursky/	
  
Andreus	
  Gursky,	
  	
  Chicago	
  Board	
  of	
  Trade,	
  1999	
  
Rhine	
  II	
  by	
  Andreas	
  Gursky	
  sold	
  for	
  $4.3	
  million	
  at	
  Chris-e's	
  in	
  New	
  York	
  
Image	
  source:	
  	
  h_p://www.freakingnews.com/Andreas-­‐Gursky-­‐s-­‐Rhine-­‐II-­‐Pics-­‐102730.asp	
  
Postmodernism	
  
Hybridity	
  
“For	
  arEsts	
  today,	
  the	
  choice	
  of	
  materials	
  
and	
  media	
  for	
  creaEng	
  art	
  is	
  wide	
  open.	
  
Some	
  arEsts	
  conEnue	
  to	
  use	
  tradiEonal	
  
media	
  such	
  as	
  paint,	
  clay,	
  or	
  bronze,	
  but	
  
others	
  have	
  selected	
  new	
  or	
  unusual	
  
materials	
  for	
  their	
  art,	
  such	
  as	
  industrial	
  or	
  
recycled	
  materials,	
  and	
  newer	
  technologies	
  
such	
  as	
  photography,	
  video,	
  or	
  digital	
  media	
  
offer	
  arEsts	
  even	
  more	
  ways	
  to	
  express	
  
themselves.	
  Many	
  arEsts	
  working	
  today	
  
incorporate	
  more	
  than	
  material	
  or	
  
technique	
  in	
  ways	
  that	
  create	
  hybrid	
  art	
  
forms.	
  CombinaEons	
  of	
  sEll	
  image,	
  moving	
  
image,	
  sound,	
  digital	
  media,	
  and	
  found	
  
objects	
  can	
  create	
  new	
  hybrid	
  art	
  forms	
  
that	
  are	
  beyond	
  what	
  tradiEonal	
  arEsts	
  
have	
  ever	
  imagined.”	
  
hDp://schools.walkerart.org/arDoday/
index.wac?id=2377	
  




                                                                          Cia	
  Guo-­‐Qiang,	
  Innoportune:	
  	
  Stage	
  One,	
  2004	
  
                                                                          Sea_le	
  Art	
  Museum	
  (as	
  seen	
  in	
  Guggenheim	
  installaEon,	
  I	
  Want	
  to	
  Believe	
  
Damien	
  Hirst	
  
Damien	
  Hirst,	
  one	
  of	
  the	
  stars	
  of	
  the	
  
Brooklyn	
  SensaEons	
  show	
  featuring	
  
the	
  YBAs	
  (“Young	
  BriEsh	
  ArEsts”)	
  in	
  
the	
  Charles	
  Saatchi	
  collecEon	
  




                                                                 Damien	
  Hirst	
  with	
  For	
  the	
  Love	
  of	
  God,	
  a	
  plaEnum	
  skull	
  covered	
  with	
  8,601	
  diamonds	
  –	
  purported	
  to	
  be	
  
                                                                 the	
  most	
  expensive	
  work	
  of	
  art	
  ever	
  made	
  -­‐	
  £15	
  million	
  producEon	
  costs	
  and	
  a	
  £50	
  million	
  price	
  tag	
  	
  
                                                                 Image	
  source:	
  	
  h_p://www.getkempt.com/tag/damienhirst	
  
Damien	
  Hirst	
  
Works	
  involving	
  dead	
  animals	
  
preserved	
  in	
  formaldehyde	
  


“Dead	
  animals	
  are	
  frequently	
  used	
  
in	
  Hirst’s	
  installaEons,	
  forcing	
  
viewers	
  to	
  consider	
  their	
  own	
  and	
  
society’s	
  aotudes	
  to	
  death.”	
  
Museum	
  of	
  Modern	
  Art	
  




                                                       Damien	
  Hirst,	
  	
  Away	
  from	
  the	
  Flock,	
  1994	
  
                                                       NaEonal	
  Galleries	
  of	
  Scotland	
  
Damien	
  Hirst	
  
Life	
  cycle:	
  	
  maggots	
  
hatch	
  and	
  feed	
  on	
  
dead	
  cow’s	
  head	
  




                                    Damien	
  Hirst,	
  A	
  Thousand	
  Years,	
  1990	
  
                                    Steel,	
  glass,	
  flies,	
  maggots,	
  MDF,	
  insect-­‐o-­‐cutor,	
  cow's	
  head,	
  sugar,	
  water	
  
                                    Charles	
  Saatchi	
  
                                    Image	
  source:	
  	
  h_p://www.artchive.com/artchive/h/hirst/hirst_thousand.jpg.html	
  
                                    Interview	
  on	
  YouTube:	
  	
  h_p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rESmxFXAd8	
  
Image	
  source:	
  	
  h_p://www.flickr.com/photos/wurzeltod/210464828/	
  
Damien	
  Hirst	
  
   Commissioned	
  by	
  
   Charles	
  Saatchi	
  in	
  1991	
  
   for	
  £50,000	
  

   In	
  2004	
  it	
  was	
  sold	
  for	
  
   £7	
  million	
  


“In	
  keeping	
  with	
  the	
  
piece’s	
  Etle,	
  the	
  shark	
  is	
  
simultaneously	
  life	
  and	
  
death	
  incarnate	
  in	
  a	
  way	
  
you	
  don’t	
  quite	
  grasp	
  
unEl	
  you	
  see	
  it,	
  
suspended	
  and	
  silent,	
  in	
  
its	
  tank.”	
  
h_p://www.nyEmes.com/
2007/10/16/arts/design/
16muse.html	
  


                                                Damien	
  Hirst,	
  The	
  Physical	
  Impossibility	
  of	
  Death	
  in	
  the	
  Mind	
  of	
  	
  Someone	
  Living,	
  1991	
  
                                                On	
  display	
  at	
  Metropolitan	
  Museum	
  2007-­‐2010	
  
Sarah	
  Lucas	
  
BriEsh	
  YBA	
  	
  
Uses	
  common	
  materials	
  to	
  evoke	
  
pointed	
  comments	
  on	
  gender	
  




                                                 Sarah	
  Lucas,	
  Au	
  Naturel,	
  1994	
  
                                                 Saatchi	
  CollecEon	
  
Sarah	
  Lucas,	
  Bunny	
  Gets	
  Snoockered,	
  1997	
  
                                                                     Source:	
  	
  hDp://ar1ntelligence.net/review/?p=65	
  




Sarah	
  Lucas,	
  Bunny	
  Gets	
  Snoockered	
  #10,	
  1997	
  
Source:	
  	
  
hDp://www.museum-­‐joanneum.at/de/presse/projekte_4/thyssen-­‐
bornemisza_art_contemporary_sammlung_als_aleph	
  
Mike	
  Kelley,	
  More	
  Love	
  Hours	
  Than	
  Can	
  Ever	
  be	
  Repaid,	
  and	
  The	
  Wages	
  of	
  Sin,	
  1987	
  
Whitney	
  Museum	
  	
  
Tracy	
  Emin	
  
Turner	
  prize	
  winner	
  and	
  tabloid	
  star	
  




                                                          Orlando	
  Bloom	
  gets	
  friendly	
  with	
  Tracey	
  Emin	
  at	
  he	
  launch	
  of	
  her	
  latest	
  exhibiEonRead	
  
                                                          more:	
  
                                                          h_p://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/arEcle-­‐1041390/Steady-­‐Orlando-­‐-­‐art-­‐loving-­‐actor-­‐
                                                          gets-­‐grips-­‐Tracey-­‐Emin-­‐exhibiEon.html#ixzz17vnAJzaK	
  
Tracy	
  Emin	
  
Work	
  in	
  the	
  SensaEons	
  exhibiEon	
  was	
  
a	
  tent,	
  with	
  the	
  names	
  of	
  everyone	
  she	
  
ever	
  slept	
  with	
  on	
  the	
  inside	
  




                                                                  Tracy	
  Emin,	
  Everyone	
  I	
  have	
  Ever	
  Slept	
  With.	
  1963-­‐1975,	
  1997	
  
                                                                  Source:	
  	
  h_p://images.artnet.com/artwork_images_424046260_129602_tracey-­‐emin.jpg	
  
Tracy	
  Emin,	
  	
  My	
  Bed,	
  1998	
  
Saatchi	
  CollecEon	
  
Installa-on	
  Art	
  
Synthesis	
  of	
  painEng,	
  
sculpture,	
  architecture	
  

Walk-­‐in	
  environments	
  




                                  Judy	
  Pfaff,	
  #D,	
  installaEon	
  at	
  Holly	
  Solomon	
  Gallery,	
  1983	
  
                                  h_p://www.judypfaff.org/gallery/installaEons?page=4	
  
Installa-on	
  Art	
  
Judy	
  Pfaff	
  and	
  Jessica	
  
Stockholder	
  –	
  
formalist	
  concerns	
  

Walk-­‐in	
  painEngs;	
  
focus	
  on	
  color,	
  shape,	
  
form	
  




                                      Jessica	
  Stockholder,	
  Skin	
  Toned	
  Garden	
  Mapping,	
  1991InstallaEon	
  at	
  the	
  Renaissance	
  Society,	
  Chicago,	
  IllinoisPaint,	
  red	
  carpet,	
  2	
  x	
  4s,	
  
                                      roofing	
  tar,	
  refrigerator	
  doors,	
  hardware,	
  yellow	
  bug	
  lights	
  and	
  fixtures,	
  cloth,	
  vinyl	
  composiEon	
  floor	
  Eles,	
  concrete	
  and	
  Enfoil,	
  3140	
  
                                      square	
  feet	
  overall	
  	
  
                                      h_p://www.pbs.org/art21/slideshow/popup.php?slide=807	
  
Ilya	
  Kabakov	
  
  Emmigrated	
  from	
  Russia	
  aaer	
  the	
  
  collapse	
  of	
  the	
  Soviet	
  Union	
  

  InstallaEons	
  create	
  complex	
  narraEve	
  
  situaEons	
  



“The	
  lonely	
  inhabitant	
  of	
  the	
  room,	
  as	
  
becomes	
  clear	
  from	
  the	
  story	
  his	
  neighbor	
  
tells,	
  was	
  obsessed	
  by	
  a	
  dream	
  of	
  a	
  lonely	
  
flight	
  into	
  space	
  .	
  .	
  .	
  .”	
  
Text	
  accompanying	
  Ilya	
  Kabakov’s	
  The	
  Man	
  Who	
  
Flew	
  Into	
  Space	
  from	
  His	
  Apartment,	
  1981-­‐88	
  




                                                                         Ilya	
  Kabakov,	
  The	
  Man	
  Who	
  Flew	
  Into	
  Space	
  from	
  His	
  Apartment,	
  1981-­‐88	
  
The	
  Starn	
  Twins	
  
Many	
  installaEons	
  are	
  site	
  
specific,	
  as	
  in	
  Mike	
  and	
  Doug	
  
Starn’s	
  big	
  bamboo	
  on	
  the	
  
roof	
  of	
  the	
  Met	
  

The	
  work	
  no	
  longer	
  exists	
  
aaer	
  the	
  exhibiEon	
  closes	
  




                                                  Doug	
  works	
  on	
  his	
  Big	
  Bambu	
  structure	
  on	
  the	
  Metropolitan	
  Museum	
  of	
  Arts'	
  Iris	
  and	
  B.	
  Gerald	
  Cantor	
  
                                                  Roof	
  Garden	
  June	
  18,	
  2010	
  in	
  New	
  York	
  City	
  
                                                  Source:	
  	
  h_p://www.life.com/image/102207341	
  
Kara	
  Walker	
  
Uses	
  19th	
  century	
  format	
  
of	
  the	
  silhoue_e	
  in	
  wall-­‐
size	
  installaEons	
  to	
  tell	
  
the	
  epic	
  story	
  of	
  black	
  
slavery	
  




                                          Kara	
  Walker.	
  	
  Detail	
  from	
  Gone,	
  An	
  Historical	
  Romance	
  of	
  a	
  Civil	
  War	
  As	
  It	
  Occurred	
  	
  
                                          Between	
  the	
  Dusky	
  Thighs	
  of	
  One	
  Young	
  Negress	
  and	
  Her	
  Heart.	
  	
  1994	
  
                                          InstallaEon	
  view	
  at	
  the	
  Walker	
  Art	
  Center,	
  Courtesy	
  of	
  Sikkema	
  Jenkins	
  &	
  Co.	
  
                                          Source:	
  	
  h_p://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/saltz/saltz11-­‐13-­‐07_detail.asp?picnum=1	
  
Kara	
  Walker	
  
“From	
  lea	
  to	
  right,	
  a	
  genteel	
  
white	
  couple	
  bends	
  to	
  kiss;	
  a	
  
pickaninny	
  offers	
  a	
  headless	
  
chicken	
  to	
  a	
  topless	
  black	
  girl	
  
who	
  floats	
  on	
  her	
  back	
  in	
  
water;	
  a	
  severed	
  head	
  of	
  a	
  
white	
  man	
  looks	
  at	
  a	
  young	
  
black	
  girl	
  on	
  her	
  knees	
  
performing	
  fellaEo	
  on	
  a	
  white	
  
boy;	
  a	
  black	
  girl	
  lias	
  her	
  leg	
  as	
  
two	
  babies	
  drop	
  out	
  of	
  her;	
  a	
  
white	
  man	
  performs	
  
analingus	
  on	
  a	
  black	
  servant.	
  
Rising	
  above	
  this	
  ro_en	
  bog	
  
of	
  cruelty	
  and	
  desire	
  is	
  a	
  full	
  
moon	
  and	
  a	
  black	
  figure	
  with	
  
a	
  grotesquely	
  swollen	
  penis.”	
  
Jerry	
  Salz	
                                              Kara	
  Walker.	
  	
  Detail	
  from	
  Gone,	
  An	
  Historical	
  Romance	
  of	
  a	
  Civil	
  War	
  As	
  It	
  Occurred	
  	
  
h_p://www.artnet.com/magazineus/                             Between	
  the	
  Dusky	
  Thighs	
  of	
  One	
  Young	
  Negress	
  and	
  Her	
  Heart.	
  	
  1994	
  
features/saltz/saltz11-­‐13-­‐07.asp	
                       InstallaEon	
  view	
  at	
  the	
  Walker	
  Art	
  Center,	
  Courtesy	
  of	
  Sikkema	
  Jenkins	
  &	
  Co.	
  
                                                             Source:	
  	
  h_p://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/saltz/saltz11-­‐13-­‐07_detail.asp?picnum=1	
  
Kara	
  Walker,	
  Slavery!	
  	
  Slavery!	
  	
  1997	
  
Source:	
  	
  h_p://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/feminist_art_base/archive/images/201.699.jpg	
  
Fred	
  Wilson	
  
ArEst	
  Fred	
  Wilson	
  creates	
  art	
  by	
  
curaEng	
  exhibiEons	
  




                                                      Fred	
  Wilson	
  
                                                      Source:	
  	
  h_p://nashermuseumblogs.org/?p=1080	
  
Fred	
  Wilson	
  
1992	
  “curatorial”	
  work	
  juxtaposed	
  
luxury	
  items	
  from	
  the	
  museum’s	
  
collecEon	
  with	
  arEfacts	
  that	
  point	
  to	
  
the	
  hidden	
  history	
  of	
  slavery	
  




                                                           Fred	
  Wilson,	
  "Mining	
  the	
  Museum"	
  	
  Maryland	
  Historical	
  Society,	
  1992	
  
Fred	
  Wilson	
  
Guarded	
  Condi1on	
  
consists	
  of	
  4	
  headless	
  
black	
  male	
  figures	
  in	
  
various	
  types	
  of	
  uniforms	
  

Their	
  “invisibility”	
  points	
  
to	
  the	
  way	
  persistent	
  
stereotypes	
  erase	
  the	
  
achievements	
  of	
  African	
  
American	
  men	
  




                                         Fred	
  Wilson,	
  Guarded	
  View,	
  1991.	
  Wood,	
  paint,	
  steel,	
  and	
  fabric,	
  dimensions	
  variable	
  
                                         Whitney	
  Museum	
  of	
  American	
  Art	
  
Fred	
  Wilson	
  
In	
  a	
  recent	
  exhibiEon,	
  
this	
  work	
  was	
  juxtaposed	
  
with	
  a	
  replica	
  of	
  the	
  
Demoiselles	
  d’Avignon,	
  to	
  
which	
  was	
  added	
  a	
  real	
  
African	
  mask	
  




                                         Fred	
  Wilson:	
  Objects	
  and	
  InstallaEons	
  1979–2000,	
  2002	
  
                                         Center	
  for	
  Art,	
  Design	
  and	
  Visual	
  Culture,	
  UMBC	
  
Ann	
  Hamilton	
  
Ann	
  Hamilton’s	
  installaEons	
  combine	
  
performance,	
  photography,	
  video,	
  
texEles,	
  and	
  sculpture	
  

"Unlike	
  an	
  object,	
  which	
  we	
  are	
  very	
  
comfortable	
  standing	
  outside	
  of	
  and	
  
looking	
  at,	
  to	
  work	
  in	
  installaEon	
  is	
  to	
  
work	
  in	
  relaEon	
  to	
  a	
  parEcular	
  place	
  
and	
  all	
  of	
  the	
  confluences	
  and	
  
complexiEes	
  of	
  whatever	
  it	
  is...And	
  so,	
  
as	
  a	
  viewer,	
  to	
  come	
  in,	
  it's	
  the	
  
experience	
  the	
  minute	
  you	
  cross	
  the	
  
threshold:	
  it's	
  the	
  smells,	
  it's	
  the	
  
sounds,	
  it's	
  the	
  temperature...”	
  
Ann	
  Hamilton	
  




                                                                    Ann	
  Hamilton,	
  Ghost	
  .	
  .	
  .	
  a	
  border	
  act,	
  2000	
  
                                                                    InstallaEon	
  at	
  the	
  former	
  Ix	
  Factory,	
  Charlo_esville,	
  Virginia.	
  Silk	
  organza,	
  tables,	
  video	
  projecEon,	
  and	
  
                                                                    sound,	
  dimensions	
  variable.	
  Photo	
  by	
  Tom	
  Cogill	
  	
  
Ann	
  Hamilton	
  
This	
  piece	
  incorporates	
  the	
  history	
  of	
  
the	
  building	
  (a	
  former	
  bakery)	
  

Entrance	
  li_ered	
  with	
  wine-­‐soaked	
  
rags;	
  wall	
  stacked	
  with	
  bed	
  linens;	
  
arEst	
  engages	
  in	
  repeEEve	
  task	
  of	
  
molding	
  bread	
  dough	
  to	
  her	
  mouth	
  
and	
  placing	
  in	
  a	
  wicker	
  casket	
  

“The	
  piece	
  referred	
  to	
  the	
  larger	
  social	
  
history	
  of	
  the	
  neighborhood	
  .	
  .	
  .	
  SoHo	
  
was	
  an	
  industrial	
  neighborhood	
  and	
  
home	
  to	
  New	
  York's	
  thriving	
  clothing	
  
industry.	
  This	
  industry	
  depended,	
  
however,	
  on	
  an	
  easily	
  exploitable	
  
workforce	
  of	
  immigrants,	
  woman,	
  and	
  
children	
  .	
  .	
  .	
  The	
  meditaEve,	
  reverent	
        Ann	
  Hamilton,	
  Maledic1on,	
  Louver	
  Gallery,	
  New	
  York	
  December	
  7,	
  1991	
  -­‐	
  January	
  4,	
  1992	
  
acEons	
  of	
  the	
  arEst	
  are	
  comparable	
  to	
         hDp://www.pbs.org/art21/ar1sts/hamilton/card2.html	
  
a	
  form	
  of	
  prayer,	
  while	
  the	
  bread	
  and	
  
wine	
  have	
  associaEons	
  with	
  religion	
  
and	
  the	
  act	
  of	
  communion”	
  	
  PBS	
  Art:21	
  
Ann	
  Hamilton	
  

“For	
  this	
  piece,	
  the	
  arEst	
  worked	
  with	
  
engineers	
  to	
  create	
  walls	
  that	
  siaed	
  red	
  
pigment	
  down	
  the	
  sides	
  and	
  onto	
  floor	
  below.	
  
There	
  was	
  an	
  inEmate	
  and	
  site-­‐specific	
  play	
  
between	
  the	
  bleeding	
  walls	
  and	
  the	
  
Jeffersonian	
  building,	
  a	
  type	
  of	
  architecture	
  
Eed	
  to	
  democracy,	
  but	
  also	
  to	
  the	
  emoEonal	
  
pain	
  of	
  slavery.	
  The	
  walls	
  were	
  covered	
  with	
  
large	
  Braille	
  dots,	
  which	
  captured	
  the	
  pigment	
  
that	
  trickled	
  down,	
  and	
  in	
  the	
  process	
  the	
  
Braille	
  dots	
  were	
  stained	
  with	
  the	
  red-­‐blood	
  
powder”	
  
h_p://artandtech.osu.edu/551/rinaldo/
assignment/invenEon.html	
  




                                                                        Ann	
  Hamilton,	
  Maledic1on,	
  Myein,	
  1999	
  Venice	
  Bieniale	
  
Mona	
  Hatoum	
  
  PalesEnian	
  born	
  arEst	
  living	
  in	
  exile	
  in	
  
  the	
  UK	
  

  Metaphoric	
  objects	
  –	
  transform	
  the	
  
  commonplace	
  into	
  psychologically	
  
  charged	
  dramas	
  

“Mona	
  Hatoum's	
  .	
  .	
  .	
  Interior	
  
Landscape	
  [is]	
  .	
  .	
  .	
  an	
  austere	
  bedroom	
  
that	
  "imagines	
  the	
  conflict	
  between	
  
the	
  dreams	
  and	
  aspiraEons	
  of	
  a	
  
PalesEnian	
  individual	
  juxtaposed	
  with	
  
the	
  harsh	
  reality	
  they	
  have	
  to	
  face.””	
  
h_p://universes-­‐in-­‐universe.org/eng/
nafas/arEcles/2009/mona_hatoum	
  



                                                                   Mona	
  Hatoum,	
  Interior	
  Landscape,	
  2008	
  
                                                                   Steel	
  bed,	
  pillow,	
  capelli	
  human	
  hair,	
  table,	
  cardboard	
  tray,	
  cut-­‐up	
  map,	
  wire	
  hanger	
  
                                                                   h_p://brayhamcontemporaryart.blogspot.com/2009/08/mona-­‐hatoums-­‐interior-­‐landscapes-­‐at.html	
  
Mona	
  Hatoum	
  
PalesEnian	
  born	
  arEst	
  living	
  in	
  exile	
  in	
  
the	
  UK	
  

Metaphoric	
  objects	
  –	
  transform	
  the	
  
commonplace	
  into	
  psychologically	
  
charged	
  dramas	
  




                                                                 Mona	
  Hatoum,	
  Interior	
  Landscape,	
  2008	
  
                                                                 Steel	
  bed,	
  pillow,	
  capelli	
  human	
  hair,	
  table,	
  cardboard	
  tray,	
  cut-­‐up	
  map,	
  wire	
  hanger	
  
                                                                 h_p://brayhamcontemporaryart.blogspot.com/2009/08/mona-­‐hatoums-­‐interior-­‐landscapes-­‐at.html	
  
Mona	
  Hatoum	
  
    Barbed	
  wire	
  and	
  other	
  materials	
  that	
  
    suggest	
  physical	
  restraint,	
  danger,	
  or	
  
    torture,	
  are	
  common	
  in	
  her	
  work	
  




Mona	
  Hatoum,	
  Grater	
  Divide,	
  2002	
                Mona	
  Hatoum,	
  Impenetrable,	
  2009	
  
Museum	
  of	
  Fine	
  Arts	
  Boston	
                      h_p://brayhamcontemporaryart.blogspot.com/2009/08/mona-­‐hatoums-­‐interior-­‐landscapes-­‐at.html	
  
Mona	
  Hatoum	
  
InstallaEons	
  evoke	
  sensaEons	
  of	
  
insEtuEonal	
  authority,	
  torture,	
  and	
  
imprisonment	
  




                                                   Mona	
  Hatoum,	
  Light	
  Sentence,	
  1992	
  
                                                   Metropolitan	
  Museum	
  
Performance	
  
Performance	
  conEnues	
  to	
  engage	
  
contemporary	
  arEsts	
  




                                              ArEst	
  Marina	
  Abramovic	
  (L)	
  performs	
  during	
  the	
  "Marina	
  Abramovic:	
  The	
  ArEst	
  is	
  Present"	
  exhibiEon	
  
                                              opening	
  night	
  party	
  at	
  The	
  Museum	
  of	
  Modern	
  Art	
  on	
  March	
  9,	
  2010	
  in	
  New	
  York	
  City	
  
                                              h_p://www.zimbio.com/pictures/upoNbvTpFo9/MoMA+Celebrates+Marina+Abramovic+ArEst+Present	
  
Janine	
  Antoni	
  
Loving	
  Care	
  –	
  feminist	
  update	
  on	
  
“acEon	
  painEng”	
  




                                                      Janine	
  Antoni,	
  Loving	
  Care,	
  1993	
  
                                                      Brooklyn	
  Museum	
  	
  
Performance	
  
   Twenty	
  professional	
  models	
  on	
  
   “display”	
  in	
  the	
  Guggenheim	
  Museum	
  


“All	
  wore	
  full	
  body	
  makeup	
  to	
  be_er	
  
fulfill	
  the	
  air-­‐brushed	
  perfecEon	
  
demanded	
  by	
  contemporary	
  paradigms	
  
of	
  beauty	
  .	
  .	
  .	
  .For	
  two	
  and	
  a	
  half	
  hours,	
  
under	
  the	
  glare	
  of	
  a	
  helium	
  balloon	
  
spotlight,	
  they	
  displayed	
  the	
  
unachievable,	
  media-­‐constructed	
  
standards	
  by	
  which	
  legions	
  of	
  
impressionable	
  women	
  regularly	
  
measure	
  their	
  self-­‐esteem.”	
  
Linda	
  Weintraub	
  


                                                                               Vanessa	
  Beecroa,	
  Show,	
  1998	
  
                                                                               Live	
  Performance,	
  Guggenheim	
  Museum	
  
Kate	
  Gilmore	
  

“Walk	
  the	
  Walk	
  by	
  arEst	
  Kate	
  Gilmore	
  is	
  a	
  
dynamic	
  installaEon	
  acEvated	
  by	
  a	
  group	
  of	
  
seven	
  women	
  who	
  will	
  walk,	
  shuffle,	
  and	
  stomp	
  
on	
  the	
  roof	
  of	
  an	
  eight-­‐foot-­‐high	
  cubic	
  structure.	
  

Clothed	
  in	
  simple	
  yellow	
  dresses	
  and	
  beige	
  
pumps,	
  Gilmore's	
  performers	
  transform	
  the	
  
workday	
  into	
  a	
  visual	
  spectacle	
  and	
  dissonant	
  
symphony.	
  Once	
  inside	
  the	
  structure,	
  visitors	
  
will	
  hear	
  the	
  reverberaEons	
  of	
  the	
  stomping	
  feet	
  
overhead.	
  	
  

Drawing	
  a_enEon	
  to	
  the	
  vast	
  number	
  of	
  women	
  
who	
  work	
  each	
  day	
  in	
  the	
  City,	
  Gilmore's	
  
installaEon	
  quesEons	
  noEons	
  of	
  work,	
  its	
  
limitaEons	
  and	
  possibiliEes,	
  and	
  makes	
  us	
  aware	
  
of	
  assumpEons	
  about	
  appropriate	
  behavior	
  and	
  
the	
  limits	
  of	
  self	
  expression.”	
  
h_p://www.bryantpark.org/plan-­‐your-­‐visit/
calendar.html?evt=1720	
  

                                                                                  Kate	
  Gilmore,	
  Walk	
  the	
  Walk,	
  Bryant	
  Park,	
  2010	
  
                                                                                  h_p://nyclovesnyc.blogspot.com/2010/05/performance-­‐based-­‐art-­‐by-­‐kate-­‐gilmore.html	
  
Performance	
  
Tehching	
  Hsieh	
  –	
  one	
  year	
  
performance	
  consisted	
  of	
  the	
  arEst	
  
living	
  in	
  a	
  cage	
  in	
  his	
  studio	
  for	
  one	
  
year	
  




                                                                     Tehching	
  Hsieh.	
  One	
  Year	
  Performance.	
  1978–79	
  
Performance	
  
“Hsieh	
  moved	
  from	
  a	
  year	
  of	
  solitary	
  
confinement	
  without	
  any	
  communicaEon,	
  
to	
  a	
  year	
  in	
  which	
  he	
  punched	
  a	
  worker’s	
  
Eme	
  clock	
  in	
  his	
  studio	
  on	
  the	
  hour	
  every	
  
hour,	
  to	
  a	
  year	
  spent	
  living	
  without	
  any	
  
shelter	
  on	
  the	
  streets,	
  to	
  a	
  year	
  in	
  which	
  he	
  
was	
  Eed	
  closely	
  to	
  the	
  arEst	
  Linda	
  Montano	
  
without	
  ever	
  touching	
  and,	
  lastly,	
  to	
  a	
  year	
  
of	
  total	
  abstenEon	
  from	
  art	
  acEviEes	
  and	
  
influences.”	
  
h_p://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?
_ype=2&Ed=11674	
  




                                                                               Tehching	
  Hsieh,	
  One	
  Year	
  Performance	
  1980-­‐1981	
  
                                                                               Source:	
  	
  	
  
                                                                               h_p://artscurriculum.guggenheim.org/lessons/thirdmind_L7.php	
  
Performance	
  



“In	
  1986	
  Hsieh	
  announced	
  that	
  he	
  would	
  
spend	
  the	
  next	
  thirteen	
  years	
  making	
  art	
  
but	
  not	
  showing	
  it	
  publicly.	
  This	
  final	
  
lifework—an	
  immense	
  act	
  of	
  self-­‐
affirmaEon	
  and	
  self-­‐erasure—came	
  to	
  a	
  
close	
  at	
  the	
  turn	
  of	
  the	
  millennium.”	
  
h_p://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?
_ype=2&Ed=11674	
  




                                                                 Tehching	
  Hsieh.	
  Installa1on	
  at	
  MOMA,	
  2009	
  
                                                                 h_p://www.nyEmes.com/slideshow/2009/03/01/arts/20090301_HSIEH_SLIDESHOW_2.html	
  
Video	
  
Like	
  performance,	
  video	
  is	
  becoming	
  
more	
  prominent	
  as	
  galleries	
  and	
  
museums	
  adjust	
  to	
  methods	
  of	
  
collecEng	
  and	
  display	
  




                                                      h_p://www.guggenheim.org/new-­‐york/exhibiEons/on-­‐view/haunted-­‐contemporary-­‐
                                                      photography-­‐video-­‐performance	
  
David	
  Hammon	
  
      Video	
  of	
  the	
  arEst	
  kicking	
  a	
  bucket	
  
      down	
  the	
  street	
  


“The	
  video’s	
  rough,	
  grainy	
  texture	
  
communicates	
  the	
  harsh	
  reality	
  of	
  life	
  on	
  
the	
  streets	
  and	
  	
  .	
  .	
  .	
  	
  the	
  acEon	
  of	
  kicking	
  
the	
  bucket	
  suggests	
  the	
  man’s	
  potenEally	
  
unfortunate	
  fate.	
  At	
  once	
  jarring	
  and	
  
poeEc,	
  Hammons’s	
  simple	
  gesture	
  
becomes	
  an	
  act	
  of	
  symphonic	
  proporEon,	
  
a	
  compelling	
  metaphor	
  for	
  one	
  kind	
  of	
  
contemporary	
  black	
  urban	
  experience.”	
  
hDp://www.ar1c.edu/aic/collec1ons/artwork/185068	
  	
  




                                                                                    David	
  Hammons,	
  Phat	
  Free	
  (Kick	
  the	
  Bucket),	
  1995/99	
  
                                                                                    Art	
  Ins1tute	
  of	
  Chicago	
  	
  
Paul	
  McCarthy	
  
    Uses	
  video	
  to	
  record	
  performances	
  
    that	
  recall	
  the	
  extreme	
  acEons	
  of	
  the	
  
    Viennese	
  acEonists	
  



“The	
  1974	
  video	
  "Hot	
  Dog"	
  shoots	
  to	
  the	
  
heart	
  of	
  the	
  adolescent	
  "gross-­‐out"	
  as	
  
McCarthy	
  tapes	
  his	
  penis	
  into	
  a	
  hot	
  dog	
  
bun,	
  then	
  packs	
  his	
  pie	
  hole	
  full	
  of	
  franks	
  
and	
  wraps	
  himself	
  in	
  gauze.	
  Another	
  piece	
  
from	
  the	
  70s	
  called	
  "Sailor's	
  Meat"	
  finds	
  
the	
  arEst	
  dressed	
  as	
  a	
  blonde	
  hooker	
  
smeared	
  with	
  blood	
  and	
  "knowing"	
  a	
  pile	
  
of	
  raw	
  meat.”	
  
Paul	
  McCarthy	
  @	
  Art	
  +	
  Culture	
  	
  




                                                                          Paul	
  McCarthy,	
  Hot	
  Dog,	
  1974	
  
                                                                          h_p://www.themoorespace.org/oldmoorespace/cefm/cefm.html	
  
William	
  Kentridge	
  
Uses	
  animated	
  drawings	
  to	
  construct	
  
powerful	
  epics	
  that	
  address	
  social	
  
issues	
  such	
  as	
  Apartheid	
  in	
  South	
  
Africa	
  




                                                       William	
  Kentridge	
  
                                                       Image	
  source:	
  	
  hDp://folksonomy.org.uk/?keyword=10	
  
h_p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1sPLXMg1BQ	
  
Tony	
  Oursler	
  
Videos	
  projected	
  onto	
  surfaces	
  




                                              Tony	
  Oursler,	
  Rubio,	
  (Performer	
  Vanessa	
  Carreras),	
  1994	
  
                                              Source:	
  	
  
                                              h_p://www.artnet.com/artwork/426043987/367/tony-­‐oursler-­‐rubio-­‐performer-­‐vanessa-­‐
                                              carreras.html	
  
Tony	
  Oursler,	
  Troubler,	
  1996	
  
Source:	
  	
  h_p://www.artnet.com/artwork/425982917/425931877/troubler.html	
  
Tony	
  Oursler,	
  Rubio,	
  (Performer	
  Vanessa	
  Carreras),	
  1994	
  
Source:	
  	
  
h_p://www.tonyoursler.com/individual_work_slideshow.php?allTextFlg=true&navItem=work&startDateStr=Feb.
%206,%202010&subSecEon=InstallaEons&Etle=Number%207,%20Plus%20or%20Minus%202&workId=8	
  
Tony	
  Oursler,	
  Number	
  7,	
  Plus	
  or	
  Minus	
  2	
  
Source:	
  	
  
h_p://www.tonyoursler.com/individual_work_slideshow.php?navItem=work&workId=8&startDateStr=Feb.
%206,%202010&subSecEon=InstallaEons&allTextFlg=false&Etle=Number%207,%20Plus%20or%20Minus%202	
  
Video	
  
Bill	
  Viola	
  –	
  video	
  installaEons	
  that	
  
invoke	
  tradiEonal	
  religious	
  themes	
  on	
  
a	
  grand	
  operaEc	
  scale	
  




                                                          Bill	
  Viola,	
  The	
  Crossing,	
  1996	
  
                                                          Guggenheim	
  Museum	
  	
  
“The	
  violent	
  annihilaEon	
  of	
  a	
  human	
  
     Video	
  
figure	
  by	
  the	
  opposing	
  natural	
  forces	
  of	
  
fire	
  and	
  water	
  is	
  projected	
  
simultaneously	
  on	
  the	
  front	
  and	
  back	
  
of	
  a	
  double-­‐sided	
  screen.	
  One	
  one	
  side,	
  
a	
  man	
  approaches	
  from	
  a	
  long	
  distance	
  
in	
  slow	
  moEon.	
  He	
  finally	
  stops	
  and	
  
stands	
  sEll.	
  A	
  small	
  flame	
  appears	
  at	
  
his	
  feet	
  and	
  quickly	
  spreads	
  to	
  
consume	
  his	
  enEre	
  body.	
  At	
  the	
  same	
  
Eme	
  on	
  the	
  other	
  side,	
  the	
  man	
  
approaches,	
  stops,	
  and	
  a	
  trickle	
  of	
  
water	
  begins	
  pouring	
  down	
  on	
  his	
  head	
  
from	
  above.	
  It	
  soon	
  becomes	
  a	
  raging	
  
torrent	
  that	
  completely	
  inundates	
  his	
  
body.	
  When	
  all	
  finally	
  subsides,	
  he	
  has	
  
completely	
  disappeared	
  —	
  small	
  
flickering	
  flames	
  on	
  a	
  burnt	
  floor	
  and	
  a	
  
few	
  lingering	
  drops	
  of	
  water	
  falling	
  
from	
  above	
  are	
  all	
  that	
  remain.”	
  
                                                                  Bill	
  Vila,	
  The	
  Crossing,	
  1996	
  	
  
h_p://www.sfmoma.org/media/features/
viola/BV01.html	
  
Bill	
  Viola	
  
Figures	
  swimming	
  upside	
  down,	
  dria	
  in	
  
and	
  out	
  of	
  frames,	
  and	
  are	
  reflected	
  in	
  
polished	
  slabs	
  of	
  granite	
  

“The	
  thirteenth-­‐century	
  Persian	
  poet	
  
Jahal	
  al-­‐Din	
  Rumi,	
  a	
  favorite	
  author	
  of	
  
the	
  arEst,	
  proclaimed:	
  “With	
  every	
  
moment	
  a	
  world	
  is	
  born	
  and	
  dies.	
  And	
  
know	
  that	
  for	
  you,	
  with	
  every	
  moment	
  
comes	
  death	
  and	
  renewal.”	
  Likewise,	
  in	
  
StaEons	
  there	
  is	
  no	
  ending	
  or	
  
beginning—every	
  instant	
  is	
  a	
  
meditaEon	
  on	
  the	
  conEnual	
  cycles	
  of	
  
life,	
  death,	
  and	
  rebirth.”	
  
Museum	
  of	
  Modern	
  Art	
  	
  




                                                                  Bill	
  Viila,	
  Sta1ons,	
  2007	
  
                                                                  Museum	
  of	
  Modern	
  Art	
  	
  
Video	
  
Douglas	
  Gordon	
  –	
  Scoosh	
  

24	
  Hour	
  Psycho	
  –	
  Alfred	
  Hitchcock	
  film	
  
in	
  slow	
  moEon	
  




                                                              Douglas	
  Gordon,	
  24	
  Hour	
  Psycho,	
  1993	
  
                                                              Image	
  source:	
  	
  h_p://www.naEonalgalleries.org/whatson/exhibiEon/5:368/4366/4419	
  
Video	
  
    Doug	
  Aitken	
  –	
  walk-­‐in	
  video	
  
    installaEons	
  

“The	
  blinking	
  traffic	
  lights,	
  panning	
  
video	
  cameras,	
  and	
  automaEc	
  car	
  
windows	
  create	
  an	
  environment	
  of	
  
jerky,	
  acceleraEng	
  	
  .	
  .	
  .	
  Electric	
  Earth	
  is	
  
itself	
  an	
  immersive	
  landscape	
  of	
  
moEon	
  and	
  fractured	
  informaEon,	
  
which	
  viewers	
  are	
  meant	
  to	
  experience	
  
as	
  much	
  as	
  to	
  watch.”	
  
h_p://findarEcles.com/p/arEcles/mi_m0268/
is_9_38/ai_65649374/	
  




                                                                          Doug	
  Aitken,	
  Electric	
  Earth,	
  	
  1999	
  
                                                                          hDp://www.medienkunstnetz.de/works/electric-­‐earth/	
  
h_p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSziysd2Duk	
  
Video	
  
Shirin	
  Neshat	
  –	
  Iranian	
  born	
  
Islamic	
  RevoluEon	
  1979	
  

Trilogy	
  of	
  split-­‐screen	
  video	
  
installaEons-­‐-­‐Turbulent	
  (1998),	
  
Rapture	
  (1999)	
  and	
  Fervor	
  (2000)-­‐-­‐	
  
meditaEons	
  on	
  the	
  male/female	
  
dynamic	
  in	
  Islamic	
  socieEes	
  




                                                         Shirin	
  Neshat,	
  Turbulent,	
  1998	
  
                                                         h_p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCAssCuOGls	
  
Globalism	
  
   Artworld	
  is	
  increasingly	
  global	
  


“Zhang	
  (in	
  his	
  performance	
  piece	
  To	
  
Raise	
  the	
  Water	
  Level	
  in	
  a	
  Fishpond)	
  
invited	
  people	
  who	
  had	
  lost	
  their	
  jobs	
  
in	
  a	
  recent	
  ruthless	
  modernizaEon	
  of	
  
Chinese	
  industry	
  to	
  stand	
  in	
  a	
  pond,	
  
raising	
  the	
  level	
  of	
  the	
  water	
  –	
  a	
  poeEc	
  
asserEon	
  of	
  their	
  social	
  presence.”	
  
Jonathan	
  Fineberg,	
  p.	
  485-­‐6	
  




                                                                       Zhang	
  Huan	
  To	
  Raise	
  the	
  Water	
  Level	
  in	
  a	
  Fishpond	
  1997	
  	
  
                                                                       Image	
  source:	
  	
  hDp://www.canadianart.ca/online/see-­‐it/2008/07/10/zhang-­‐huan/	
  
Yinka	
  Shonibare	
  
Nigerian	
  arEst	
  
Figures	
  dressed	
  in	
  costumes	
  evoking	
  
the	
  elite	
  of	
  the	
  age	
  of	
  colonialism	
  –	
  but	
  
the	
  fabrics	
  “read”	
  as	
  African	
  

Discovered	
  that	
  so-­‐called	
  “African	
  
fabrics”	
  were	
  actually	
  invented	
  in	
  
Holland	
  

Becomes	
  a	
  metaphor	
  for	
  the	
  
“invenEon”	
  of	
  concepts	
  like	
  racial	
  
idenEty	
  




                                                                        Yinka	
  Shnibare,	
  Victorian	
  Couple,	
  1999	
  
                                                                        Norton	
  Museum	
  of	
  Art	
  	
  
Globalism	
  
Recent	
  retrospecEve	
  of	
  Cai	
  Guo-­‐Qiang	
  
at	
  the	
  Guggenheim	
  reflects	
  the	
  
increasing	
  globalizaEon	
  of	
  the	
  art	
  
world	
  




                                                         Cai	
  Guo-­‐Qiang,	
  Inopportune:	
  Stage	
  One,	
  2004	
  
                                                         Image	
  source:	
  	
  
                                                         h_p://www.sawf.org/bin/Eps.dll/geop?Epid=13168&arch=0&user=Sawf
                                                         +Visuals&class=Visuals&pn=Visuals	
  
Post	
  Human	
  
Many	
  contemporary	
  arEsts	
  interested	
  
in	
  the	
  concept	
  of	
  the	
  cyborg	
  –	
  
morphing	
  of	
  the	
  human	
  figure	
  into	
  	
  a	
  
futurisEc	
  blend	
  of	
  human/machine	
  




                                                               Stelarc	
  	
  
                                                               Source:	
  	
  h_p://www.maska.si/en/?redirect=330	
  
Post	
  Human	
  
Ma_hew	
  Barney	
  –	
  Cremaster	
  Cycle	
  

Five	
  feature-­‐length	
  films	
  created	
  
1994-­‐2002	
  




                                                  Ma_hew	
  Barney	
  -­‐	
  Cremaster	
  4,	
  The	
  Loughton	
  Candidate	
  
Post	
  Human	
  
Cremaster -- muscle that controls the
contraction and relaxation of the
testes in response to different physical
or psychological stimuli like increased
temperature or fear

Cycle reflects on the period during
early development of the fetus when
gender has not been decided,
a moment of pure potential for Barney

In the first several weeks of life, the
fetus has no anatomical or hormonal
sex (sex can only be determined by
genes)

About the 10th week, external
genitalia begins to differentiate
About 15th week, first spermatognia
and ovarian follicles form
28th week, testes descend out of the
body cavity

http://www.theslideprojector.com/art1/
art1onedaylecturepresentations/lecture1-15.html
                                                  Cremaster	
  muscle	
  in	
  red	
  
                                                  h_p://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Musculus_cremaster.png	
  
Post	
  Human	
  


“Barney	
  –	
  like	
  many	
  other	
  arEsts	
  of	
  the	
  
1990s	
  –	
  suggests	
  a	
  new,	
  post-­‐human	
  
world	
  in	
  which	
  the	
  body	
  itself	
  is	
  
understood	
  as	
  a	
  public	
  sphere.	
  	
  Here	
  
the	
  relaxaEon	
  and	
  even	
  suspension	
  of	
  
sharp	
  differenEaEon	
  between	
  genders,	
  
sexualiEes,	
  and	
  ethniciEes	
  may	
  offer	
  an	
  
alternaEve	
  to	
  a	
  world	
  that	
  has	
  been	
  
hemmed	
  in	
  by	
  the	
  commercializaEon	
  
of	
  virtually	
  every	
  act,	
  thought,	
  and	
  
emoEon.”	
  
David	
  Joselit	
  




                                                                   Ma_hew	
  Barney	
  -­‐	
  Cremaster	
  4,	
  The	
  Loughton	
  Candidate	
  
Post	
  Human	
  
Barney’s	
  aestheEc	
  speaks	
  the	
  language	
  
of	
  a	
  new	
  technologically	
  saavy	
  
generaEon	
  .	
  .	
  .	
  .	
  .	
  




                                                        h_p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgk360PZJ7w	
  




   Andrew	
  Huang,	
  Doll	
  Face,	
  
   h_p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl6hNj1uOkY	
  




                                                        h_p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjAoBKagWQA	
  
Postmodernism	
  


What	
  unifies	
  postmodern	
  art,	
  if	
  anything,	
  is	
  
a	
  reacEon	
  to	
  modernism—at	
  Emes	
  
destroying	
  or	
  debunking	
  tradiEonally	
  held	
  
rules	
  or	
  canons	
  of	
  modern	
  art;	
  at	
  other	
  
Emes	
  copying	
  masterworks	
  of	
  the	
  past	
  in	
  
new	
  ways.	
  
h_p://schools.walkerart.org/ar_oday/
index.wac?id=2362	
  




                                                                    h_p://schools.walkerart.org/ar_oday/index.wac?id=2362	
  
Postmodernism	
  
“Instead	
  of	
  pure	
  form	
  and	
  color,	
  the	
  values	
  
of	
  criEcism,	
  analysis,	
  cogniEon,	
  social	
  
commentary,	
  wit,	
  humor,	
  surprise	
  and	
  
reversal	
  now	
  prevail.”	
  	
  	
  
Arthur	
  Danto,	
  “Value	
  in	
  an	
  Age	
  of	
  Chaos,”	
  in	
  
Linda	
  Weintraub,	
  Art	
  on	
  the	
  Edge	
  and	
  Over,	
  
p.	
  254-­‐58.	
  
Postmodernism	
  
  Formalist	
  principles	
  no	
  longer	
  apply	
  

For	
  much	
  contemporary	
  art	
  or	
  art	
  being	
  
made	
  today,	
  the	
  content	
  or	
  meaning	
  is	
  
more	
  important	
  than	
  the	
  materials	
  or	
  forms	
  
used	
  to	
  make	
  it	
  .	
  .	
  .	
  .	
  interested	
  in	
  engaging	
  
viewers	
  conceptually	
  through	
  ideas	
  and	
  
issues.	
  The	
  elements	
  of	
  art,	
  while	
  sEll	
  
present	
  at	
  Emes,	
  are	
  oaen	
  not	
  adequate	
  to	
  
understanding	
  the	
  meaning	
  of	
  
contemporary	
  art.	
  	
  
h_p://schools.walkerart.org/ar_oday/
index.wac?id=2362	
  




                                                                                   Image	
  source:	
  	
  
                                                                                   h_p://ihateblogs123.blogspot.com/2009/03/elements-­‐and-­‐principles-­‐of-­‐design.html	
  
Postmodernism	
  
1.    “AXer”	
  Modernism;	
  “aaer”	
  
      1968	
  
2.    Skep-cal:	
  	
  quesEons	
  belief	
  in	
  
      given	
  truths	
  
3.    Non-­‐Formalist:	
  	
  focus	
  on	
  
      meaning/content	
  rather	
  than	
  
      form	
  
4.    Hybrid:	
  	
  blurring	
  of	
  
      disEncEons	
  between	
  genres	
  
      and	
  media	
  (rejecEon	
  of	
  
      categories/pigeon-­‐holes)	
  
5.    Plural:	
  accepEng	
  of	
  plurality,	
  
      mulEplicity,	
  diversity	
  



                                                      Image	
  source:	
  	
  h_p://farisyakob.typepad.com/blog/2007/02/pseudomodern_co.html	
  
Postmodernism	
  
RejecEon	
  of	
  most	
  
of	
  our	
  beliefs	
  about	
  “art”	
  




                                             Sarah	
  Maple,	
  Art	
  is	
  Crap	
  
                                             Image	
  source:	
  	
  h_p://isiria.wordpress.com/2008/12/13/sarah-­‐maple-­‐art/	
  
The	
  Avant	
  Garde	
  
From	
  its	
  incepEon,	
  avant-­‐garde	
  art	
  has	
  
engaged	
  with	
  what	
  is	
  taboo	
  to	
  
challenge	
  boundaries,	
  and	
  to	
  open	
  up	
  
new	
  spaces	
  for	
  thinking	
  




                                                              Andres	
  Serrano,	
  installaEon	
  of	
  Shit	
  photographs	
  




Donald	
  Kuspit,	
  “ The	
  Triumph	
  of	
  Shit”	
  
h_p://www.artnet.com/magazineus/
features/kuspit/kuspit9-­‐11-­‐08.asp	
  
                                                              Paul	
  McCarthy,	
  Complex	
  Shit,	
  2008	
  	
  Zentrum	
  Paul	
  Klee,	
  Bern	
  
Technology	
  
Wim	
  Delvoye	
  –	
  Belgian	
  arEst	
  

Cloaca	
  –	
  machine	
  that	
  duplicates	
  the	
  
human	
  digesEve	
  system	
  

At	
  New	
  Museum	
  was	
  fed	
  with	
  food	
  
from	
  local	
  restaurants	
  

Got	
  some	
  bad	
  food	
  and	
  got	
  sick	
  




                                                          Wim	
  Delvoye,	
  Cloaca,	
  	
  New	
  Museum,	
  2002	
  
Chris	
  Ofili.	
  	
  Shithead.	
  1993	
  
h_p://www.theslideprojector.com/art1/art1twoday/art1lecture31.html	
  
Kiki	
  Smith,	
  Pee	
  Body,	
  1992	
  
                                                                         h_p://www.theslideprojector.com/art1/art1twoday/art1lecture28.html	
  




Cindy	
  Sherman,	
  Un1tled,	
  1987	
  
h_p://www.theslideprojector.com/art1/art1twoday/art1lecture28.html	
  




                                                                         Kiki	
  Smith,	
  Tale,	
  1992	
  
                                                                         Source:	
  	
  hDp://www.learn.columbia.edu/fa/images/large/kc_femart_smith_k_1.jpg	
  
Kiki	
  Smith,	
  Un1tled,	
  1986	
  
h_p://www.theslideprojector.com/art1/art1twoday/art1lecture28.html	
  


                                                                         Seven	
  Dirty	
  Words:	
  	
  The	
  Life	
  and	
  Crimes	
  of	
  George	
  Carlin 	
     	
  	
  
The	
  Concept	
  of	
  the	
  Avant	
  
Garde	
  
Avant-­‐garde	
  art	
  challenges	
  accepted	
  
values	
  in	
  order	
  to	
  make	
  us	
  think	
  
differently	
  




                                                         Image	
  source:	
  	
  h_p://www.noordinarylife.biz/CreaEve_Mind_Mapping.html	
  
The	
  Concept	
  of	
  the	
  Avant	
  
Garde	
  
Courbet’s	
  work	
  looks	
  like	
  “art”	
  now	
  
because	
  he	
  changed	
  the	
  definiEon	
  of	
  
what	
  could	
  be	
  art	
  




                                                         Gustave	
  Courbet,	
  The	
  Stone	
  Breakers,	
  1849	
  

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9.4 contemp trends

  • 1. Postmodernism:    Contemporary  Trends   Art  109A:    Art  since  1945   Westchester  Community  College   Fall  2011   Dr.  Melissa  Hall  
  • 2. Postmodernism   “The  last  generaEon  .  .  .  was  arguably  the  most   abnormal,  surprising,  chaoEc,  and  troubling  era  in  the   enEre  history  of  art.    All  tradiEons  in  the  realm  of  the   visual  came  tumbling  down  to  an  extent  never   demonstrated  before.    Inherited  ideas  about  the   relaEonship  between  visuality  and  reality  in  general   were  confounded  .  .  .  .  Around  1960,  the  idea  became   widespread  that  the  aestheEc  approach  was  not   really  the  only  available  way  to  make  and  appreciate   the  importance  of  art  .  .  .  .  Instead  of  pure  form  and   color,  the  values  of  criEcism,  analysis,  cogniEon,   social  commentary,  wit,  humor,  surprise  and  reversal   now  prevail.    These  values  have  become  the   generalized  underpinnings  of  a  broad  post-­‐Modern   approach  that  contains  many  styles  .  .  .  Yet  it  has   always  been  a  part  of  the  idea  of  democracy  that  it   must  have  built-­‐in  mechanisms  of  self-­‐criEcism,  of   which  the  arts  can  be  one  among  others.”       Arthur  Danto,  “Value  in  an  Age  of  Chaos,”  in  Linda   Weintraub,  Art  on  the  Edge  and  Over,  p.  254-­‐58.  
  • 3. Pain-ng   Jenny  Savile  one  of  the  YBAs  (“Young   BriEsh  ArEsts”)  Sensa1on,  the   Brooklyn  Museum’s  exhibiEon  of  the   Saatchi  collecEon   Realist  painter  in  the  tradiEon  of   Francis  Bacon  and  Lucien  Freud   Jenny  Savile,    Self  Portrait,  1991   Seavest  CollecEon  
  • 4. Jenny  Savile   Large-­‐scale  nude  self-­‐portraits  that   grotesquely  exaggerate  her  obesity   “What  is  this  thing,  the  body,  her   painEngs  ask,  when  it  is  stripped  bare,   denuded  of  personality  and  context,   this  thing  that  seems  so  much  a  part  of   us,  and  which  we  try  so  hard  to  look   aaer  and  yet  which  betrays  us,  decays   from  within,  and  which,  when  it  leaves   us,  takes  us  with  it?”   h_p://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2005/oct/ 22/art.friezearcair2005   Jenny  Savile,  Plan,  1993   Source:    h_p://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/arth200/Body/saville.html  
  • 5. Jenny  Savile,  Torso  2,  2004   Jenny  Savile,  Branded,  1992   Saatchi  Gallery    
  • 6. Jenny  Savile   Series  of  photographs  recall  Ana   Medieta’s  body  prints  and  Yves  Klein’s   anthropometries   Jenny  Savile  and  Glen  Luchford,  Closed  Contact,  1995-­‐1996   Source:    h_p://www.colecEva.tv/wordpress/?s=jenny+saville  
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  • 9. Lisa  Yuskavage   Grotesque  distorEons  of  female   fantasy  ideal   Lisa  Yuskavage,  Wrist  Corsage,  1996   Museum  of  Modern  Art    
  • 10. Lisa  Yuskavage   Cross  between  fairytale,  children’s   toys,  and  pornography   Lisa  Yuskavage,  Nighty,  1994   Lisa  Yuskavage,  Day,  1994   h_p://www.theslideprojector.com/art6/ h_p://www.theslideprojector.com/art6/art6lecturepresentaEons/art6lecture13.html   art6lecturepresentaEons/art6lecture13.html  
  • 11. John  Currin   Hybrid  of  Old  Master  technique,   Norman  Rockwell  folksiness,  and   modern  (oaen  pornographic)  subjects   John  Currin,  Nice  n’  Easy,  1999   Source:     hDp://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/artmarketwatch/ artmarketwatch11-­‐12-­‐08_detail.asp?picnum=6  
  • 12. Takashi  Murakami   Superflat  –  based  on  Japanese  anime   (animaEon)  and  manga  (comics)   “Mr  DOB,  a  hybrid  cartoon  figure,  which   is  parEally  based  on  a  stylised  portrait  of  the   arEst  himself  .  .  .  DOB  is  an  abbreviaEon  for   'why'  and  reflects  Murakami's  criEcal  aotude   towards  the  empEness  of  consumer  society.   Its  flatness  references  tradiEonal  Japanese   painEng  and  links  his  work  to  the  two-­‐ dimensional  character  of  much  contemporary   media  imagery  and  computer  graphics.”   Queensland  Art  Gallery   Takashi  Murakami,  Mr  DOB  All  Stars  (Oh  My  the  Mr.  DOB),  1998   Rubell  Family  CollecEon  
  • 13. Takashi  Murakami   Also  makes  sculpture,  T-­‐shirts,  toys,   keychains,  and  limited  ediEon  Louis   Vui_on  handbags   Takashi  Murakami  at  the  Geffen  Contemporary  at  MOCA   h_p://cubeme.com/blog/2007/11/07/takashi-­‐murakami-­‐retrospecEve-­‐moca/  
  • 14. Takashi  Murakami   Recent  notoriety  fort  two  life-­‐size   sculptures  called  My  Cowboy  and   Hiropon   “Hiropon''  is    .  .  .  caught  in  mid-­‐skip   while  her  milk,  spurEng  from   enormous  breasts,  circles  her  body  like   a  jump  rope  .  .  .  ''My  Lonesome   Cowboy,''  whose  semen  swirls  above   his  head  like  a  lasso,  is  simplisEcally   macho.”   Roberta  Smith   h_p://www.nyEmes.com/1999/02/05/arts/art-­‐in-­‐ review-­‐takashi-­‐murakami.html   Takashi  Murakami  at  the  Geffen  Contemporary  at  MOCA   h_p://cubeme.com/blog/2007/11/07/takashi-­‐murakami-­‐retrospecEve-­‐moca/  
  • 15. Takashi  Murakami   In  2008  Lonesome  Cowboy  sold  for   $15.2  million  dollars   Takashi  Murakami,  Lonesome  Cowboy,  1998   Image  source:    h_p://design-­‐style.org/2010/11/11/sexuality-­‐and-­‐transcendence/  
  • 16. Sculpture   MarEn  Puryear  –  Postminimalist   preoccupaEon  with  materials  and   process   "Mr.  Puryear  is  a  formalist  in  a  Eme   when  that  is  something  of  a  dirty   word.”   Roberta  Smith   MarEn  Puryear  retrospecEve  at  MOMA   Image  source:    h_p://www.nyEmes.com/slideshow/2007/11/01/arts/1102-­‐PURY_2.html  
  • 17. Sculpture   His  works  evoke  African  tribal  craas   and  ritual  objects   "A  mysterious  seducEve  blackness   permeates  Mr.  Puryear's  work,  as  seen   in  "Confessional"  (1996-­‐2000),  a   monolith  made  of  wire  mesh,  tar  and   various  woods.”   Roberta  Smith   MarEn  Puryear  retrospecEve  at  MOMA   Image  source:    h_p://www.nyEmes.com/slideshow/2007/11/01/arts/1102-­‐PURY_2.html  
  • 18. David  Hammons   Works  appear  “formalist,”  but  reveal   deeper  commentary  about  race   “Rock  Head,  is  a  smooth,  elongated   oval  boulder  on  a  metal  stand  in  a   Perspex  box.  Hair  swept  from  a  Harlem   barbershop  floor  has  been  glued  on  to   the  top  of  the  rock,  then  given  a   professional  clip  and  snazzy  razor-­‐cut   by  the  barber  himself.”   h_p://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2002/oct/05/ artsfeatures   David  Hammons,  Rock  Head,  2005   Museum  of  Modern  Art    
  • 19. David  Hammons,  Un1tled,  1992   Whitney  Museum  
  • 20. David  Hammons,  UnEtled,  (1989)   Glass  wine  bo_les  and  silicon  glue  
  • 21. Sculpture   Anish  Kapoor  –  BriEsh  sculptor  of   Indian  descent   Anish  Kapoor,  Un1tled,  2007   Metropolitan  Museum  
  • 22. Anish  Kapoor,  As  if  to  celebrate,  I  discovered  a  mountain  blooming  with  red  flowers,  1981   Tate  Gallery   Anish  Kapoor,  Marsyas,  2002  Turbine  Hall,  Tate  Modern   Source:    h_p://www.anishkapoor.com/works/gallery/2002marsyas/index.htm  
  • 23. Anish  Kapoor,  Cloudgate,  2004,  Millenium  Park,  Chicago   h_p://www.anishkapoor.com/works/gallery/2004cloudgate/index.htm  
  • 24. Rachel  Whiteread   Got  her  start  with  a  concrete  cast  she   made  of  an  east-­‐end  London  house   scheduled  for  demoliEon   Sculptures  of  negaEve  space  –   permanent  monuments  to  absence   Rachel  Whiteread,  Un1tled  (House)    1993  
  • 25. Rachel  Whiteread   Judenplatz  Holocaust  Memorial,   Austria:    outside  is  lined  with  cast   library  shelves  turned  inside  out   “The  shelves  of  the  memorial  appear   to  hold  endless  copies  of  the  same   ediEon,  which  stand  for  the  vast   number  of  the  vicEms,  as  well  as  the   concept  of  Jews  as  "People  of  the   Book."  The  double  doors  are  cast  with   the  panels  inside  out,  and  have  no   doorknobs  or  handles.”   h_p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Judenplatz_Holocaust_Memorial   Rachel  Whiteread,  Judenplatz  Holocaust  Memorial  (The  Naemless  Library),  2000   memorial  to  the  65,000  murdered  Austrian  Jews  in  the  Holocaust  at  Judenplatz  in  Vienna   Source:    h_p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judenplatz_Holocaust_Memorial  
  • 26. Shadow  of  a  passerby  at  the  memorial.   Source:    h_p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judenplatz_Holocaust_Memorial  
  • 27. Rachel  Whitread,  Water  Tower,  1998   Museum  of  Modern  Art  
  • 28. Janine  Antoni   Minimalist  cubes  of  chocolate  and  lard,   bi_en  and  chewed  by  the  arEst   Janine  Antoni,  Gnaw,  1992   Museum  of  Modern  Art    
  • 29. Janine  Antoni,  Gnaw,  1992   Source:    h_p://www.theslideprojector.com/art1/art1twoday/art1lecture28.html  
  • 30. Janine  Antoni   Used  mouthfuls  to  mold  heart-­‐shaped   chocolate  boxes  and  lipsEcks   Janine  Antoni,  Gnaw,  1992   Museum  of  Modern  Art    
  • 31. Janine  Antoni   Portrait  busts  of  the  arEst  molded  with   chocolate  and  soap   Features  erased  by  process  of  licking   and  washing   Janine  Antoni,  Lick  and  Lather,  1993   Brooklyn  Museum    
  • 32. Ron  Mueck   BriEsh  YBA   Super-­‐realisEc  resin   sculptures  that  play   with  scale   Ron  Mueck,  Dead  Dad,  1996-­‐97   Source:    h_p://www.saatchi-­‐gallery.co.uk/blogon/art_news/space_is_the_place_by__paul_farley/5786  
  • 33. Ron  Mueck,  Two  Women,  2005   hDp://www.melbourneplaces.com/melbourne/ron-­‐mueck’s-­‐sculptures-­‐at-­‐the-­‐ngv-­‐a-­‐confron1ng-­‐and-­‐haun1ng-­‐experience/  
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  • 35. Ron  Mueck,  Two  Women,  2005   hDp://www.melbourneplaces.com/melbourne/ron-­‐mueck’s-­‐sculptures-­‐at-­‐the-­‐ngv-­‐a-­‐confron1ng-­‐and-­‐haun1ng-­‐experience/  
  • 36. Ron  Mueck,  A  Girl,  2006   Source:    h_p://www.theslideprojector.com/art1/art1twoday/art1lecture29.html  
  • 37. Maurizio  CaDelan   Gained  internaEonal  notoriety  for  his   sculpture  of  the  Pope  struck  down  by  a   meteor  at  the  Royal  Academy     The  work  sold  at  ChrisEes  for  3  million   Maurizio  Ca_elan,  La  Nona  Ora  (The  Ninth  Hour),  1999       Source:    h_p://www.terminartors.com/artworkprofile/Ca_elan_Maurizio-­‐La_Nona_Ora_The_Ninth_Hour  
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  • 39. Jake  and  Dinos  Chapman   BriEsh  YBA  collaboraEve   team  of  brothers   Outrageous  sculptures  of   mannequins  of  mutant   adolescent  girls   Jake  and  Dinos  Chapman,  Tragic  Anatomies:  Sad  Doggy,  1996    Fibreglass,  resin,  paint   Saatchi  Gallery    
  • 40. Robert  Gober   Makes  the  ordinary  seem   uncomfortably  strange   “These  works  oaen  evoke  the   paradoxical  phenomenon  that   Sigmund  Freud  called  "the  uncanny"— something  ordinary  that,  through  even   a  slight  disorientaEon,  reveals  a  hidden   strangeness,  bringing  out  long-­‐ forgo_en  fears  and  collapsing  long-­‐ established  certainEes.”   Museum  of  Modern  Art   Robert  Gober,  1tled.  (1989-­‐90.)  Wax,  coDon,  leather,  human  hair,  and  wood   Museum  of  Modern  Art  
  • 41. Photography   Legacy  of  the  pictures  generaEon   conEnues  to  have  an  impact  on   contemporary  arEsts   Man  Ray,  Marcel  Duchamp  as  Rrose  Selavy,  1921   Yasumasa  Morimura  Doublannage  (Marcel),  1988   h_p://www.artnet.com/usernet/awc/awc_thumbnail.asp? aid=424262577&gid=424262577&works_of_art=1&cid=75405  
  • 42. Photography   Japanese  arEst  Yasumasa  Morimura   uses  Cindy  Sherman’s  “dress-­‐up”   strategies  to  insert  himself  into  iconic   female  roles  from  art  history  and  the   media   Yasumasa  Morimura  Self  Portrait  Acer  Marilyn,  1996   hDp://www.saatchi-­‐gallery.co.uk/ar1sts/yasumasa_morimura.htm  
  • 43. Photography   Yasumasa  Morimura  Portrait  (Futago),  1988;  photograph;  chromogenic  print  with  acrylic  paint   and  gel  medium   SFMOMA     Yasumasa  Morimura  An  Inner  Dialogue  with   Frida  Kahlo  (Hand  Shaped  Earring),  2001   Brooklyn  Museum  
  • 44. Carrie  Mae  Weems   Photo-­‐essay  involving  re-­‐photography   of  archival  photos   J.T.  Zealy.  Delia,  American  born,  daughter  of  Renty,   Congo.    1850.    Daguerreotype.   Carrie  Mae  Weems,  From  Here  I  Saw  What  Happened  and  I  Cried,  1995   h_p://preserve.harvard.edu/exhibits/ Museum  of  Modern  Art   daguerreotype/images/woman.jpg  
  • 45. Carrie  Mae  Weems,  From  Here  I  Saw  What  Happened  and  I  Cried,  1995   h_p://www.30americans.com/ArEst/Carrie_Mae_Weems/Weems2.jpg  
  • 46. New  Approaches  to   Photography   Canadian  arEst  Jeff  Wall  uses   photography  to  create  large  scale   arEficial  realiEes  modeled  on  high  art   Jeff  Wall,  A  Sudden  Gust  of  Wind  (Acer  Hokusai),  1993   Tate  Gallery  
  • 47. “Amateur  actors  play  the  odd  assortment  of  rural  and  city  characters,  surprised  by  the  forces  of  nature.  It  required   over  100  photographs,  taken  over  the  course  of  more  than  a  year,  to  achieve  a  seamless  montage  that  gives  the   illusion  of  capturing  a  real  moment  in  Eme.”  Tate  Gallery  
  • 48. Andreas  Gursky   German  photographer   Large-­‐scale  images   that  evoke  the   dehumanizaEon  of   high  tech  industry  and   global  market   economy   Andreus  Gusky,  99  Cent,  1999   Source:    h_p://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/2001/gursky/  
  • 49.
  • 50. Andreus  Gursky,    Chicago  Board  of  Trade,  1999  
  • 51.
  • 52. Rhine  II  by  Andreas  Gursky  sold  for  $4.3  million  at  Chris-e's  in  New  York  
  • 53. Image  source:    h_p://www.freakingnews.com/Andreas-­‐Gursky-­‐s-­‐Rhine-­‐II-­‐Pics-­‐102730.asp  
  • 54. Postmodernism   Hybridity   “For  arEsts  today,  the  choice  of  materials   and  media  for  creaEng  art  is  wide  open.   Some  arEsts  conEnue  to  use  tradiEonal   media  such  as  paint,  clay,  or  bronze,  but   others  have  selected  new  or  unusual   materials  for  their  art,  such  as  industrial  or   recycled  materials,  and  newer  technologies   such  as  photography,  video,  or  digital  media   offer  arEsts  even  more  ways  to  express   themselves.  Many  arEsts  working  today   incorporate  more  than  material  or   technique  in  ways  that  create  hybrid  art   forms.  CombinaEons  of  sEll  image,  moving   image,  sound,  digital  media,  and  found   objects  can  create  new  hybrid  art  forms   that  are  beyond  what  tradiEonal  arEsts   have  ever  imagined.”   hDp://schools.walkerart.org/arDoday/ index.wac?id=2377   Cia  Guo-­‐Qiang,  Innoportune:    Stage  One,  2004   Sea_le  Art  Museum  (as  seen  in  Guggenheim  installaEon,  I  Want  to  Believe  
  • 55. Damien  Hirst   Damien  Hirst,  one  of  the  stars  of  the   Brooklyn  SensaEons  show  featuring   the  YBAs  (“Young  BriEsh  ArEsts”)  in   the  Charles  Saatchi  collecEon   Damien  Hirst  with  For  the  Love  of  God,  a  plaEnum  skull  covered  with  8,601  diamonds  –  purported  to  be   the  most  expensive  work  of  art  ever  made  -­‐  £15  million  producEon  costs  and  a  £50  million  price  tag     Image  source:    h_p://www.getkempt.com/tag/damienhirst  
  • 56. Damien  Hirst   Works  involving  dead  animals   preserved  in  formaldehyde   “Dead  animals  are  frequently  used   in  Hirst’s  installaEons,  forcing   viewers  to  consider  their  own  and   society’s  aotudes  to  death.”   Museum  of  Modern  Art   Damien  Hirst,    Away  from  the  Flock,  1994   NaEonal  Galleries  of  Scotland  
  • 57. Damien  Hirst   Life  cycle:    maggots   hatch  and  feed  on   dead  cow’s  head   Damien  Hirst,  A  Thousand  Years,  1990   Steel,  glass,  flies,  maggots,  MDF,  insect-­‐o-­‐cutor,  cow's  head,  sugar,  water   Charles  Saatchi   Image  source:    h_p://www.artchive.com/artchive/h/hirst/hirst_thousand.jpg.html   Interview  on  YouTube:    h_p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rESmxFXAd8  
  • 58. Image  source:    h_p://www.flickr.com/photos/wurzeltod/210464828/  
  • 59. Damien  Hirst   Commissioned  by   Charles  Saatchi  in  1991   for  £50,000   In  2004  it  was  sold  for   £7  million   “In  keeping  with  the   piece’s  Etle,  the  shark  is   simultaneously  life  and   death  incarnate  in  a  way   you  don’t  quite  grasp   unEl  you  see  it,   suspended  and  silent,  in   its  tank.”   h_p://www.nyEmes.com/ 2007/10/16/arts/design/ 16muse.html   Damien  Hirst,  The  Physical  Impossibility  of  Death  in  the  Mind  of    Someone  Living,  1991   On  display  at  Metropolitan  Museum  2007-­‐2010  
  • 60. Sarah  Lucas   BriEsh  YBA     Uses  common  materials  to  evoke   pointed  comments  on  gender   Sarah  Lucas,  Au  Naturel,  1994   Saatchi  CollecEon  
  • 61. Sarah  Lucas,  Bunny  Gets  Snoockered,  1997   Source:    hDp://ar1ntelligence.net/review/?p=65   Sarah  Lucas,  Bunny  Gets  Snoockered  #10,  1997   Source:     hDp://www.museum-­‐joanneum.at/de/presse/projekte_4/thyssen-­‐ bornemisza_art_contemporary_sammlung_als_aleph  
  • 62. Mike  Kelley,  More  Love  Hours  Than  Can  Ever  be  Repaid,  and  The  Wages  of  Sin,  1987   Whitney  Museum    
  • 63. Tracy  Emin   Turner  prize  winner  and  tabloid  star   Orlando  Bloom  gets  friendly  with  Tracey  Emin  at  he  launch  of  her  latest  exhibiEonRead   more:   h_p://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/arEcle-­‐1041390/Steady-­‐Orlando-­‐-­‐art-­‐loving-­‐actor-­‐ gets-­‐grips-­‐Tracey-­‐Emin-­‐exhibiEon.html#ixzz17vnAJzaK  
  • 64. Tracy  Emin   Work  in  the  SensaEons  exhibiEon  was   a  tent,  with  the  names  of  everyone  she   ever  slept  with  on  the  inside   Tracy  Emin,  Everyone  I  have  Ever  Slept  With.  1963-­‐1975,  1997   Source:    h_p://images.artnet.com/artwork_images_424046260_129602_tracey-­‐emin.jpg  
  • 65.
  • 66. Tracy  Emin,    My  Bed,  1998   Saatchi  CollecEon  
  • 67. Installa-on  Art   Synthesis  of  painEng,   sculpture,  architecture   Walk-­‐in  environments   Judy  Pfaff,  #D,  installaEon  at  Holly  Solomon  Gallery,  1983   h_p://www.judypfaff.org/gallery/installaEons?page=4  
  • 68. Installa-on  Art   Judy  Pfaff  and  Jessica   Stockholder  –   formalist  concerns   Walk-­‐in  painEngs;   focus  on  color,  shape,   form   Jessica  Stockholder,  Skin  Toned  Garden  Mapping,  1991InstallaEon  at  the  Renaissance  Society,  Chicago,  IllinoisPaint,  red  carpet,  2  x  4s,   roofing  tar,  refrigerator  doors,  hardware,  yellow  bug  lights  and  fixtures,  cloth,  vinyl  composiEon  floor  Eles,  concrete  and  Enfoil,  3140   square  feet  overall     h_p://www.pbs.org/art21/slideshow/popup.php?slide=807  
  • 69. Ilya  Kabakov   Emmigrated  from  Russia  aaer  the   collapse  of  the  Soviet  Union   InstallaEons  create  complex  narraEve   situaEons   “The  lonely  inhabitant  of  the  room,  as   becomes  clear  from  the  story  his  neighbor   tells,  was  obsessed  by  a  dream  of  a  lonely   flight  into  space  .  .  .  .”   Text  accompanying  Ilya  Kabakov’s  The  Man  Who   Flew  Into  Space  from  His  Apartment,  1981-­‐88   Ilya  Kabakov,  The  Man  Who  Flew  Into  Space  from  His  Apartment,  1981-­‐88  
  • 70. The  Starn  Twins   Many  installaEons  are  site   specific,  as  in  Mike  and  Doug   Starn’s  big  bamboo  on  the   roof  of  the  Met   The  work  no  longer  exists   aaer  the  exhibiEon  closes   Doug  works  on  his  Big  Bambu  structure  on  the  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Arts'  Iris  and  B.  Gerald  Cantor   Roof  Garden  June  18,  2010  in  New  York  City   Source:    h_p://www.life.com/image/102207341  
  • 71. Kara  Walker   Uses  19th  century  format   of  the  silhoue_e  in  wall-­‐ size  installaEons  to  tell   the  epic  story  of  black   slavery   Kara  Walker.    Detail  from  Gone,  An  Historical  Romance  of  a  Civil  War  As  It  Occurred     Between  the  Dusky  Thighs  of  One  Young  Negress  and  Her  Heart.    1994   InstallaEon  view  at  the  Walker  Art  Center,  Courtesy  of  Sikkema  Jenkins  &  Co.   Source:    h_p://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/saltz/saltz11-­‐13-­‐07_detail.asp?picnum=1  
  • 72. Kara  Walker   “From  lea  to  right,  a  genteel   white  couple  bends  to  kiss;  a   pickaninny  offers  a  headless   chicken  to  a  topless  black  girl   who  floats  on  her  back  in   water;  a  severed  head  of  a   white  man  looks  at  a  young   black  girl  on  her  knees   performing  fellaEo  on  a  white   boy;  a  black  girl  lias  her  leg  as   two  babies  drop  out  of  her;  a   white  man  performs   analingus  on  a  black  servant.   Rising  above  this  ro_en  bog   of  cruelty  and  desire  is  a  full   moon  and  a  black  figure  with   a  grotesquely  swollen  penis.”   Jerry  Salz   Kara  Walker.    Detail  from  Gone,  An  Historical  Romance  of  a  Civil  War  As  It  Occurred     h_p://www.artnet.com/magazineus/ Between  the  Dusky  Thighs  of  One  Young  Negress  and  Her  Heart.    1994   features/saltz/saltz11-­‐13-­‐07.asp   InstallaEon  view  at  the  Walker  Art  Center,  Courtesy  of  Sikkema  Jenkins  &  Co.   Source:    h_p://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/saltz/saltz11-­‐13-­‐07_detail.asp?picnum=1  
  • 73. Kara  Walker,  Slavery!    Slavery!    1997   Source:    h_p://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/feminist_art_base/archive/images/201.699.jpg  
  • 74. Fred  Wilson   ArEst  Fred  Wilson  creates  art  by   curaEng  exhibiEons   Fred  Wilson   Source:    h_p://nashermuseumblogs.org/?p=1080  
  • 75. Fred  Wilson   1992  “curatorial”  work  juxtaposed   luxury  items  from  the  museum’s   collecEon  with  arEfacts  that  point  to   the  hidden  history  of  slavery   Fred  Wilson,  "Mining  the  Museum"    Maryland  Historical  Society,  1992  
  • 76. Fred  Wilson   Guarded  Condi1on   consists  of  4  headless   black  male  figures  in   various  types  of  uniforms   Their  “invisibility”  points   to  the  way  persistent   stereotypes  erase  the   achievements  of  African   American  men   Fred  Wilson,  Guarded  View,  1991.  Wood,  paint,  steel,  and  fabric,  dimensions  variable   Whitney  Museum  of  American  Art  
  • 77. Fred  Wilson   In  a  recent  exhibiEon,   this  work  was  juxtaposed   with  a  replica  of  the   Demoiselles  d’Avignon,  to   which  was  added  a  real   African  mask   Fred  Wilson:  Objects  and  InstallaEons  1979–2000,  2002   Center  for  Art,  Design  and  Visual  Culture,  UMBC  
  • 78. Ann  Hamilton   Ann  Hamilton’s  installaEons  combine   performance,  photography,  video,   texEles,  and  sculpture   "Unlike  an  object,  which  we  are  very   comfortable  standing  outside  of  and   looking  at,  to  work  in  installaEon  is  to   work  in  relaEon  to  a  parEcular  place   and  all  of  the  confluences  and   complexiEes  of  whatever  it  is...And  so,   as  a  viewer,  to  come  in,  it's  the   experience  the  minute  you  cross  the   threshold:  it's  the  smells,  it's  the   sounds,  it's  the  temperature...”   Ann  Hamilton   Ann  Hamilton,  Ghost  .  .  .  a  border  act,  2000   InstallaEon  at  the  former  Ix  Factory,  Charlo_esville,  Virginia.  Silk  organza,  tables,  video  projecEon,  and   sound,  dimensions  variable.  Photo  by  Tom  Cogill    
  • 79. Ann  Hamilton   This  piece  incorporates  the  history  of   the  building  (a  former  bakery)   Entrance  li_ered  with  wine-­‐soaked   rags;  wall  stacked  with  bed  linens;   arEst  engages  in  repeEEve  task  of   molding  bread  dough  to  her  mouth   and  placing  in  a  wicker  casket   “The  piece  referred  to  the  larger  social   history  of  the  neighborhood  .  .  .  SoHo   was  an  industrial  neighborhood  and   home  to  New  York's  thriving  clothing   industry.  This  industry  depended,   however,  on  an  easily  exploitable   workforce  of  immigrants,  woman,  and   children  .  .  .  The  meditaEve,  reverent   Ann  Hamilton,  Maledic1on,  Louver  Gallery,  New  York  December  7,  1991  -­‐  January  4,  1992   acEons  of  the  arEst  are  comparable  to   hDp://www.pbs.org/art21/ar1sts/hamilton/card2.html   a  form  of  prayer,  while  the  bread  and   wine  have  associaEons  with  religion   and  the  act  of  communion”    PBS  Art:21  
  • 80. Ann  Hamilton   “For  this  piece,  the  arEst  worked  with   engineers  to  create  walls  that  siaed  red   pigment  down  the  sides  and  onto  floor  below.   There  was  an  inEmate  and  site-­‐specific  play   between  the  bleeding  walls  and  the   Jeffersonian  building,  a  type  of  architecture   Eed  to  democracy,  but  also  to  the  emoEonal   pain  of  slavery.  The  walls  were  covered  with   large  Braille  dots,  which  captured  the  pigment   that  trickled  down,  and  in  the  process  the   Braille  dots  were  stained  with  the  red-­‐blood   powder”   h_p://artandtech.osu.edu/551/rinaldo/ assignment/invenEon.html   Ann  Hamilton,  Maledic1on,  Myein,  1999  Venice  Bieniale  
  • 81. Mona  Hatoum   PalesEnian  born  arEst  living  in  exile  in   the  UK   Metaphoric  objects  –  transform  the   commonplace  into  psychologically   charged  dramas   “Mona  Hatoum's  .  .  .  Interior   Landscape  [is]  .  .  .  an  austere  bedroom   that  "imagines  the  conflict  between   the  dreams  and  aspiraEons  of  a   PalesEnian  individual  juxtaposed  with   the  harsh  reality  they  have  to  face.””   h_p://universes-­‐in-­‐universe.org/eng/ nafas/arEcles/2009/mona_hatoum   Mona  Hatoum,  Interior  Landscape,  2008   Steel  bed,  pillow,  capelli  human  hair,  table,  cardboard  tray,  cut-­‐up  map,  wire  hanger   h_p://brayhamcontemporaryart.blogspot.com/2009/08/mona-­‐hatoums-­‐interior-­‐landscapes-­‐at.html  
  • 82. Mona  Hatoum   PalesEnian  born  arEst  living  in  exile  in   the  UK   Metaphoric  objects  –  transform  the   commonplace  into  psychologically   charged  dramas   Mona  Hatoum,  Interior  Landscape,  2008   Steel  bed,  pillow,  capelli  human  hair,  table,  cardboard  tray,  cut-­‐up  map,  wire  hanger   h_p://brayhamcontemporaryart.blogspot.com/2009/08/mona-­‐hatoums-­‐interior-­‐landscapes-­‐at.html  
  • 83. Mona  Hatoum   Barbed  wire  and  other  materials  that   suggest  physical  restraint,  danger,  or   torture,  are  common  in  her  work   Mona  Hatoum,  Grater  Divide,  2002   Mona  Hatoum,  Impenetrable,  2009   Museum  of  Fine  Arts  Boston   h_p://brayhamcontemporaryart.blogspot.com/2009/08/mona-­‐hatoums-­‐interior-­‐landscapes-­‐at.html  
  • 84. Mona  Hatoum   InstallaEons  evoke  sensaEons  of   insEtuEonal  authority,  torture,  and   imprisonment   Mona  Hatoum,  Light  Sentence,  1992   Metropolitan  Museum  
  • 85. Performance   Performance  conEnues  to  engage   contemporary  arEsts   ArEst  Marina  Abramovic  (L)  performs  during  the  "Marina  Abramovic:  The  ArEst  is  Present"  exhibiEon   opening  night  party  at  The  Museum  of  Modern  Art  on  March  9,  2010  in  New  York  City   h_p://www.zimbio.com/pictures/upoNbvTpFo9/MoMA+Celebrates+Marina+Abramovic+ArEst+Present  
  • 86. Janine  Antoni   Loving  Care  –  feminist  update  on   “acEon  painEng”   Janine  Antoni,  Loving  Care,  1993   Brooklyn  Museum    
  • 87. Performance   Twenty  professional  models  on   “display”  in  the  Guggenheim  Museum   “All  wore  full  body  makeup  to  be_er   fulfill  the  air-­‐brushed  perfecEon   demanded  by  contemporary  paradigms   of  beauty  .  .  .  .For  two  and  a  half  hours,   under  the  glare  of  a  helium  balloon   spotlight,  they  displayed  the   unachievable,  media-­‐constructed   standards  by  which  legions  of   impressionable  women  regularly   measure  their  self-­‐esteem.”   Linda  Weintraub   Vanessa  Beecroa,  Show,  1998   Live  Performance,  Guggenheim  Museum  
  • 88. Kate  Gilmore   “Walk  the  Walk  by  arEst  Kate  Gilmore  is  a   dynamic  installaEon  acEvated  by  a  group  of   seven  women  who  will  walk,  shuffle,  and  stomp   on  the  roof  of  an  eight-­‐foot-­‐high  cubic  structure.   Clothed  in  simple  yellow  dresses  and  beige   pumps,  Gilmore's  performers  transform  the   workday  into  a  visual  spectacle  and  dissonant   symphony.  Once  inside  the  structure,  visitors   will  hear  the  reverberaEons  of  the  stomping  feet   overhead.     Drawing  a_enEon  to  the  vast  number  of  women   who  work  each  day  in  the  City,  Gilmore's   installaEon  quesEons  noEons  of  work,  its   limitaEons  and  possibiliEes,  and  makes  us  aware   of  assumpEons  about  appropriate  behavior  and   the  limits  of  self  expression.”   h_p://www.bryantpark.org/plan-­‐your-­‐visit/ calendar.html?evt=1720   Kate  Gilmore,  Walk  the  Walk,  Bryant  Park,  2010   h_p://nyclovesnyc.blogspot.com/2010/05/performance-­‐based-­‐art-­‐by-­‐kate-­‐gilmore.html  
  • 89. Performance   Tehching  Hsieh  –  one  year   performance  consisted  of  the  arEst   living  in  a  cage  in  his  studio  for  one   year   Tehching  Hsieh.  One  Year  Performance.  1978–79  
  • 90. Performance   “Hsieh  moved  from  a  year  of  solitary   confinement  without  any  communicaEon,   to  a  year  in  which  he  punched  a  worker’s   Eme  clock  in  his  studio  on  the  hour  every   hour,  to  a  year  spent  living  without  any   shelter  on  the  streets,  to  a  year  in  which  he   was  Eed  closely  to  the  arEst  Linda  Montano   without  ever  touching  and,  lastly,  to  a  year   of  total  abstenEon  from  art  acEviEes  and   influences.”   h_p://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp? _ype=2&Ed=11674   Tehching  Hsieh,  One  Year  Performance  1980-­‐1981   Source:       h_p://artscurriculum.guggenheim.org/lessons/thirdmind_L7.php  
  • 91. Performance   “In  1986  Hsieh  announced  that  he  would   spend  the  next  thirteen  years  making  art   but  not  showing  it  publicly.  This  final   lifework—an  immense  act  of  self-­‐ affirmaEon  and  self-­‐erasure—came  to  a   close  at  the  turn  of  the  millennium.”   h_p://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp? _ype=2&Ed=11674   Tehching  Hsieh.  Installa1on  at  MOMA,  2009   h_p://www.nyEmes.com/slideshow/2009/03/01/arts/20090301_HSIEH_SLIDESHOW_2.html  
  • 92. Video   Like  performance,  video  is  becoming   more  prominent  as  galleries  and   museums  adjust  to  methods  of   collecEng  and  display   h_p://www.guggenheim.org/new-­‐york/exhibiEons/on-­‐view/haunted-­‐contemporary-­‐ photography-­‐video-­‐performance  
  • 93. David  Hammon   Video  of  the  arEst  kicking  a  bucket   down  the  street   “The  video’s  rough,  grainy  texture   communicates  the  harsh  reality  of  life  on   the  streets  and    .  .  .    the  acEon  of  kicking   the  bucket  suggests  the  man’s  potenEally   unfortunate  fate.  At  once  jarring  and   poeEc,  Hammons’s  simple  gesture   becomes  an  act  of  symphonic  proporEon,   a  compelling  metaphor  for  one  kind  of   contemporary  black  urban  experience.”   hDp://www.ar1c.edu/aic/collec1ons/artwork/185068     David  Hammons,  Phat  Free  (Kick  the  Bucket),  1995/99   Art  Ins1tute  of  Chicago    
  • 94. Paul  McCarthy   Uses  video  to  record  performances   that  recall  the  extreme  acEons  of  the   Viennese  acEonists   “The  1974  video  "Hot  Dog"  shoots  to  the   heart  of  the  adolescent  "gross-­‐out"  as   McCarthy  tapes  his  penis  into  a  hot  dog   bun,  then  packs  his  pie  hole  full  of  franks   and  wraps  himself  in  gauze.  Another  piece   from  the  70s  called  "Sailor's  Meat"  finds   the  arEst  dressed  as  a  blonde  hooker   smeared  with  blood  and  "knowing"  a  pile   of  raw  meat.”   Paul  McCarthy  @  Art  +  Culture     Paul  McCarthy,  Hot  Dog,  1974   h_p://www.themoorespace.org/oldmoorespace/cefm/cefm.html  
  • 95. William  Kentridge   Uses  animated  drawings  to  construct   powerful  epics  that  address  social   issues  such  as  Apartheid  in  South   Africa   William  Kentridge   Image  source:    hDp://folksonomy.org.uk/?keyword=10  
  • 97. Tony  Oursler   Videos  projected  onto  surfaces   Tony  Oursler,  Rubio,  (Performer  Vanessa  Carreras),  1994   Source:     h_p://www.artnet.com/artwork/426043987/367/tony-­‐oursler-­‐rubio-­‐performer-­‐vanessa-­‐ carreras.html  
  • 98. Tony  Oursler,  Troubler,  1996   Source:    h_p://www.artnet.com/artwork/425982917/425931877/troubler.html  
  • 99. Tony  Oursler,  Rubio,  (Performer  Vanessa  Carreras),  1994   Source:     h_p://www.tonyoursler.com/individual_work_slideshow.php?allTextFlg=true&navItem=work&startDateStr=Feb. %206,%202010&subSecEon=InstallaEons&Etle=Number%207,%20Plus%20or%20Minus%202&workId=8  
  • 100. Tony  Oursler,  Number  7,  Plus  or  Minus  2   Source:     h_p://www.tonyoursler.com/individual_work_slideshow.php?navItem=work&workId=8&startDateStr=Feb. %206,%202010&subSecEon=InstallaEons&allTextFlg=false&Etle=Number%207,%20Plus%20or%20Minus%202  
  • 101. Video   Bill  Viola  –  video  installaEons  that   invoke  tradiEonal  religious  themes  on   a  grand  operaEc  scale   Bill  Viola,  The  Crossing,  1996   Guggenheim  Museum    
  • 102. “The  violent  annihilaEon  of  a  human   Video   figure  by  the  opposing  natural  forces  of   fire  and  water  is  projected   simultaneously  on  the  front  and  back   of  a  double-­‐sided  screen.  One  one  side,   a  man  approaches  from  a  long  distance   in  slow  moEon.  He  finally  stops  and   stands  sEll.  A  small  flame  appears  at   his  feet  and  quickly  spreads  to   consume  his  enEre  body.  At  the  same   Eme  on  the  other  side,  the  man   approaches,  stops,  and  a  trickle  of   water  begins  pouring  down  on  his  head   from  above.  It  soon  becomes  a  raging   torrent  that  completely  inundates  his   body.  When  all  finally  subsides,  he  has   completely  disappeared  —  small   flickering  flames  on  a  burnt  floor  and  a   few  lingering  drops  of  water  falling   from  above  are  all  that  remain.”   Bill  Vila,  The  Crossing,  1996     h_p://www.sfmoma.org/media/features/ viola/BV01.html  
  • 103. Bill  Viola   Figures  swimming  upside  down,  dria  in   and  out  of  frames,  and  are  reflected  in   polished  slabs  of  granite   “The  thirteenth-­‐century  Persian  poet   Jahal  al-­‐Din  Rumi,  a  favorite  author  of   the  arEst,  proclaimed:  “With  every   moment  a  world  is  born  and  dies.  And   know  that  for  you,  with  every  moment   comes  death  and  renewal.”  Likewise,  in   StaEons  there  is  no  ending  or   beginning—every  instant  is  a   meditaEon  on  the  conEnual  cycles  of   life,  death,  and  rebirth.”   Museum  of  Modern  Art     Bill  Viila,  Sta1ons,  2007   Museum  of  Modern  Art    
  • 104. Video   Douglas  Gordon  –  Scoosh   24  Hour  Psycho  –  Alfred  Hitchcock  film   in  slow  moEon   Douglas  Gordon,  24  Hour  Psycho,  1993   Image  source:    h_p://www.naEonalgalleries.org/whatson/exhibiEon/5:368/4366/4419  
  • 105. Video   Doug  Aitken  –  walk-­‐in  video   installaEons   “The  blinking  traffic  lights,  panning   video  cameras,  and  automaEc  car   windows  create  an  environment  of   jerky,  acceleraEng    .  .  .  Electric  Earth  is   itself  an  immersive  landscape  of   moEon  and  fractured  informaEon,   which  viewers  are  meant  to  experience   as  much  as  to  watch.”   h_p://findarEcles.com/p/arEcles/mi_m0268/ is_9_38/ai_65649374/   Doug  Aitken,  Electric  Earth,    1999   hDp://www.medienkunstnetz.de/works/electric-­‐earth/  
  • 107. Video   Shirin  Neshat  –  Iranian  born   Islamic  RevoluEon  1979   Trilogy  of  split-­‐screen  video   installaEons-­‐-­‐Turbulent  (1998),   Rapture  (1999)  and  Fervor  (2000)-­‐-­‐   meditaEons  on  the  male/female   dynamic  in  Islamic  socieEes   Shirin  Neshat,  Turbulent,  1998   h_p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCAssCuOGls  
  • 108. Globalism   Artworld  is  increasingly  global   “Zhang  (in  his  performance  piece  To   Raise  the  Water  Level  in  a  Fishpond)   invited  people  who  had  lost  their  jobs   in  a  recent  ruthless  modernizaEon  of   Chinese  industry  to  stand  in  a  pond,   raising  the  level  of  the  water  –  a  poeEc   asserEon  of  their  social  presence.”   Jonathan  Fineberg,  p.  485-­‐6   Zhang  Huan  To  Raise  the  Water  Level  in  a  Fishpond  1997     Image  source:    hDp://www.canadianart.ca/online/see-­‐it/2008/07/10/zhang-­‐huan/  
  • 109. Yinka  Shonibare   Nigerian  arEst   Figures  dressed  in  costumes  evoking   the  elite  of  the  age  of  colonialism  –  but   the  fabrics  “read”  as  African   Discovered  that  so-­‐called  “African   fabrics”  were  actually  invented  in   Holland   Becomes  a  metaphor  for  the   “invenEon”  of  concepts  like  racial   idenEty   Yinka  Shnibare,  Victorian  Couple,  1999   Norton  Museum  of  Art    
  • 110. Globalism   Recent  retrospecEve  of  Cai  Guo-­‐Qiang   at  the  Guggenheim  reflects  the   increasing  globalizaEon  of  the  art   world   Cai  Guo-­‐Qiang,  Inopportune:  Stage  One,  2004   Image  source:     h_p://www.sawf.org/bin/Eps.dll/geop?Epid=13168&arch=0&user=Sawf +Visuals&class=Visuals&pn=Visuals  
  • 111. Post  Human   Many  contemporary  arEsts  interested   in  the  concept  of  the  cyborg  –   morphing  of  the  human  figure  into    a   futurisEc  blend  of  human/machine   Stelarc     Source:    h_p://www.maska.si/en/?redirect=330  
  • 112. Post  Human   Ma_hew  Barney  –  Cremaster  Cycle   Five  feature-­‐length  films  created   1994-­‐2002   Ma_hew  Barney  -­‐  Cremaster  4,  The  Loughton  Candidate  
  • 113. Post  Human   Cremaster -- muscle that controls the contraction and relaxation of the testes in response to different physical or psychological stimuli like increased temperature or fear Cycle reflects on the period during early development of the fetus when gender has not been decided, a moment of pure potential for Barney In the first several weeks of life, the fetus has no anatomical or hormonal sex (sex can only be determined by genes) About the 10th week, external genitalia begins to differentiate About 15th week, first spermatognia and ovarian follicles form 28th week, testes descend out of the body cavity http://www.theslideprojector.com/art1/ art1onedaylecturepresentations/lecture1-15.html Cremaster  muscle  in  red   h_p://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Musculus_cremaster.png  
  • 114. Post  Human   “Barney  –  like  many  other  arEsts  of  the   1990s  –  suggests  a  new,  post-­‐human   world  in  which  the  body  itself  is   understood  as  a  public  sphere.    Here   the  relaxaEon  and  even  suspension  of   sharp  differenEaEon  between  genders,   sexualiEes,  and  ethniciEes  may  offer  an   alternaEve  to  a  world  that  has  been   hemmed  in  by  the  commercializaEon   of  virtually  every  act,  thought,  and   emoEon.”   David  Joselit   Ma_hew  Barney  -­‐  Cremaster  4,  The  Loughton  Candidate  
  • 115. Post  Human   Barney’s  aestheEc  speaks  the  language   of  a  new  technologically  saavy   generaEon  .  .  .  .  .   h_p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgk360PZJ7w   Andrew  Huang,  Doll  Face,   h_p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl6hNj1uOkY   h_p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjAoBKagWQA  
  • 116. Postmodernism   What  unifies  postmodern  art,  if  anything,  is   a  reacEon  to  modernism—at  Emes   destroying  or  debunking  tradiEonally  held   rules  or  canons  of  modern  art;  at  other   Emes  copying  masterworks  of  the  past  in   new  ways.   h_p://schools.walkerart.org/ar_oday/ index.wac?id=2362   h_p://schools.walkerart.org/ar_oday/index.wac?id=2362  
  • 117. Postmodernism   “Instead  of  pure  form  and  color,  the  values   of  criEcism,  analysis,  cogniEon,  social   commentary,  wit,  humor,  surprise  and   reversal  now  prevail.”       Arthur  Danto,  “Value  in  an  Age  of  Chaos,”  in   Linda  Weintraub,  Art  on  the  Edge  and  Over,   p.  254-­‐58.  
  • 118. Postmodernism   Formalist  principles  no  longer  apply   For  much  contemporary  art  or  art  being   made  today,  the  content  or  meaning  is   more  important  than  the  materials  or  forms   used  to  make  it  .  .  .  .  interested  in  engaging   viewers  conceptually  through  ideas  and   issues.  The  elements  of  art,  while  sEll   present  at  Emes,  are  oaen  not  adequate  to   understanding  the  meaning  of   contemporary  art.     h_p://schools.walkerart.org/ar_oday/ index.wac?id=2362   Image  source:     h_p://ihateblogs123.blogspot.com/2009/03/elements-­‐and-­‐principles-­‐of-­‐design.html  
  • 119. Postmodernism   1.  “AXer”  Modernism;  “aaer”   1968   2.  Skep-cal:    quesEons  belief  in   given  truths   3.  Non-­‐Formalist:    focus  on   meaning/content  rather  than   form   4.  Hybrid:    blurring  of   disEncEons  between  genres   and  media  (rejecEon  of   categories/pigeon-­‐holes)   5.  Plural:  accepEng  of  plurality,   mulEplicity,  diversity   Image  source:    h_p://farisyakob.typepad.com/blog/2007/02/pseudomodern_co.html  
  • 120. Postmodernism   RejecEon  of  most   of  our  beliefs  about  “art”   Sarah  Maple,  Art  is  Crap   Image  source:    h_p://isiria.wordpress.com/2008/12/13/sarah-­‐maple-­‐art/  
  • 121. The  Avant  Garde   From  its  incepEon,  avant-­‐garde  art  has   engaged  with  what  is  taboo  to   challenge  boundaries,  and  to  open  up   new  spaces  for  thinking   Andres  Serrano,  installaEon  of  Shit  photographs   Donald  Kuspit,  “ The  Triumph  of  Shit”   h_p://www.artnet.com/magazineus/ features/kuspit/kuspit9-­‐11-­‐08.asp   Paul  McCarthy,  Complex  Shit,  2008    Zentrum  Paul  Klee,  Bern  
  • 122. Technology   Wim  Delvoye  –  Belgian  arEst   Cloaca  –  machine  that  duplicates  the   human  digesEve  system   At  New  Museum  was  fed  with  food   from  local  restaurants   Got  some  bad  food  and  got  sick   Wim  Delvoye,  Cloaca,    New  Museum,  2002  
  • 123. Chris  Ofili.    Shithead.  1993   h_p://www.theslideprojector.com/art1/art1twoday/art1lecture31.html  
  • 124. Kiki  Smith,  Pee  Body,  1992   h_p://www.theslideprojector.com/art1/art1twoday/art1lecture28.html   Cindy  Sherman,  Un1tled,  1987   h_p://www.theslideprojector.com/art1/art1twoday/art1lecture28.html   Kiki  Smith,  Tale,  1992   Source:    hDp://www.learn.columbia.edu/fa/images/large/kc_femart_smith_k_1.jpg  
  • 125. Kiki  Smith,  Un1tled,  1986   h_p://www.theslideprojector.com/art1/art1twoday/art1lecture28.html   Seven  Dirty  Words:    The  Life  and  Crimes  of  George  Carlin      
  • 126. The  Concept  of  the  Avant   Garde   Avant-­‐garde  art  challenges  accepted   values  in  order  to  make  us  think   differently   Image  source:    h_p://www.noordinarylife.biz/CreaEve_Mind_Mapping.html  
  • 127. The  Concept  of  the  Avant   Garde   Courbet’s  work  looks  like  “art”  now   because  he  changed  the  definiEon  of   what  could  be  art   Gustave  Courbet,  The  Stone  Breakers,  1849