Postmodernism is characterized by self-referentiality, contradictions, and the blurring of boundaries between reality and fiction. It questions the existence of objective truth and explores simulations and how media representations shape people's perception of reality. Postmodern art challenges conventions through conceptual works, installations, and multimedia that reference and recycle prior culture through techniques like intertextuality, homages, parody, and bricolage.

1. PostmodernismHall Of Mirrors - Mise en abyme
Escher’s illusions
A story within a story
Postmodernism in music
‘MTV Culture’ – 3 minute society – Peoples attention span
Simulation-
Border line of real and fake.
Baudrillard (theorist).
Premodern Period.
Distinction between media and reality Is no longer there as
people believe that the media lies within their reality.
Art-
Anything can be art
Postmodern art is a movement that requires
contradiction of certain areas within art.
Conceptual art, installation and multimedia.
‘Does truth really exist?’
Rights and wrongs
Photoshop changes the look of things and can sometimes
make the photograph very unrealistic.
The Zentih of cultural Production-
The idea that our culture eats itself.
For Example- Everything has been made therefore thing can only be remade and lightly different than
before.
Artists tend to be influenced by this, intertextuality , homages etc.
An example of intertextuality is during the dance scene of Pulp Fiction.
Pop Art
Roy litchstenstein
Jackson Pollock
-Recycling culture
-Challenging the relationships between the
producer and the audience.
-Irony and self refrences.
-Parody and bricolage