THE POSTMODERN
& THE
POSTCOLONIAL
THE POSTMODERN…
As “the cultural logic of late capitalism”
Frederic Jameson
ORTHE POSTMODERN…
As the end of all great narratives
Jean-Paul Lyotard
Remember, the deified Pollock…
“god is dead”
Friedrich Nietszche, 1882
Sigmar Polke, Hope is…Wanting to Pull Clouds, 1993
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
POLKE vs SCHNABEL et al(at least) 2 kinds of postmodernism
“postmodernism as ANTIMODERNISM?”
Julian Schnabel, What to do with a corner in Madrid, 1980
Julian Schnabel, What to do with a corner in Madrid, 1980
David Salle, 1980
NEOCONSERVATIVE postmodernism
VS. TEXTUAL
postmodernism
Sherrie Levine, After Joan Miro, 1978,
After Walker Evans, 1979
Jenny Holzer, Living Series, 1982
Jenny Holzer, Protect Me, 1986 and Fathers, 1982
Barbara Kruger, 1982
From the POSTMODERN
to THE
POSTCOLONIAL
Yinka Shonibare, Scramble for Africa
Yinka Shonibare, Scramble for Africa
Indonesian wax-resist fabrics imported to West Africa by the Dutch
Yinka Shonibare, The Swing
William Kentridge, Swinging Lady, 1986
William Kentridge,
Colonial Landscapes 1995-6
William Kentridge,
Drawing from Colonial
Landscapes, 1995-6
William Kentridge Drawing from
Colonial Landscapes, 1995-6
Kehinde Wiley, Napoleon leading an Army across the Alps, 2005
Jacques-Louis David
and original by Jacques-Louis David, 1801
Venus Hottentot, (Saartjie Baumann) 1824
Barbara Kruger, 1989
Renee Cox, Venus Hottentot, 2000
Renee Cox, Hottentot Venus,
Renee Cox, Venus Hottentot, 2000
Renee Cox, Hottentot Venus,
Renee Cox, Venus Hottentot, 2000
Renee Cox, Hottentot Venus
David LaChapelle photograph of Lil Kim for cover of Interview magazine
Jimmie Durham, On Loan from the Museum of the American Indian, 1985
James Luna, The Artifact Piece 1987-90
David Salle, 1998