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THE POSTMODERN & THE POSTCOLONIAL. THE POSTMODERN… As “the cultural logic of late capitalism” Frederic Jameson. OR THE POSTMODERN… As the end of all great narratives Jean-Paul Lyotard. Remember, the deified Pollock…. “god is dead” Friedrich Nietszche, 1882.
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THE POSTMODERN & THE POSTCOLONIAL
THE POSTMODERN… As “the cultural logic of late capitalism” Frederic Jameson
OR THE POSTMODERN… As the end of all great narratives Jean-Paul Lyotard
“god is dead” Friedrich Nietszche, 1882
Sigmar Polke, Hope is…Wanting to Pull Clouds, 1993 PASTICHE A rubble of distinct and unrelated signifiers” Jameson
Sigmar Polke, Hope is…Wanting to Pull Clouds Caspar David Friedrich, Landscape with Rainbow, 1810
“postmodernism as ANTIMODERNISM?” Julian Schnabel, What to do with a corner in Madrid, 1980
NEOCONSERVATIVE postmodernism VS. TEXTUAL postmodernism
Sherrie Levine, After Joan Miro, 1978, After Walker Evans, 1979
From the POSTMODERN to THE POSTCOLONIAL
Indonesian wax-resist fabrics imported to West Africa by the Dutch Yinka Shonibare, Scramble for Africa
William Kentridge, Colonial Landscapes 1995-6
Jacques-Louis David Kehinde Wiley, Napoleon leading an Army across the Alps, 2005 and original by Jacques-Louis David, 1801
Renee Cox, Hottentot Venus, Renee Cox, Venus Hottentot, 2000
Renee Cox, Hottentot Venus, Renee Cox, Venus Hottentot, 2000
David LaChapelle photograph of Lil Kim for cover of Interview magazine Renee Cox, Venus Hottentot, 2000 Renee Cox, Hottentot Venus
Jimmie Durham, On Loan from the Museum of the American Indian, 1985 James Luna, The Artifact Piece 1987-90