Modernism and After (Vis Com) Part II
Lecture 1: Alternatives and Possibilities
“POSTMODERNISM IS DEAD”From the Altermodern Manifesto (Baurriaud 2009)
Michael Jackson (1958-2009)
Patrick Swayze (1952- 2009)
Pomo
Postmodernism(19?? – 2009)
**Simula-cra-choo!** Bless you POMO’
Postmodernism was pronounced dead this morning after having snorted whopping amounts of cocaine. Found naked, cold and shivering in a hotel lobby
Nicholas Bourriaud
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Modernist
postmodernist
altermodernist?
Do something creative with a cardboard box!
TASK 1
Make a photograph
TASK 2
Kasimir Malevich (1918) White on White
Constantin Brancusi (1909-1911) Sleeping Muse
Donald Judd (1966) Untitled. Stainless Steal and Yellow PlexiGlass
Andy Warhol (1964) Brillo Box
Mary Miss (1978) Perimeters/ Pavillions/ Decoys
Santiago Sierra (2000) Six People who Are Not Allowed to be Paid for Sitting in Cardboard Boxes
Walead Beshty Installation of FedEx® large Kraft boxes ©2005 FedEx 330508, International Priority, Los Angeles-Tijuana, Tijuana-Los Angeles, Los Angeles-London, October 28, 2008- January 16, 2009 2008-ongoing
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Lazlo Maholy-Nagy (1926) Photogram
El Lissitzky (1924) The Constructor
Richard Prince (1980-4) Untitled Cowboy
Barbara Kruger Who’s the Fairest of them All
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Walead Beshty (2007) Transparency (Negative)
Darren Almond (2008) Fullmoon. China
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Modernist
postmodernist
altermodernist?
Report Card - Modernist
Report Card - Modernist
• Concerned with distinct art forms.
• Seeking originality within their work.
• Believe in Progress.
Report Card - postmodernist
Report Card - postmodernist
• Concerned with the coming together of art and popular culture.
• Always questioning originality (through appropriatation).
• Sceptical about progress/ loosing a sense of linear history.
Report Card - altermodernist
• Interested in movements of people and things, journeys.
• Less concerned with ‘origins’, more concerned with how things are changing.
• Interested in how different spaces and times interact.
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Charles Avery (2008) Untitled [Two Dilettantes]
Lali Chetwynd [aka Spartacus Chetwynd] (2004) An Evening with Jabba the Hut.
Marcus Coates (2008) Plover’s Wing
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Modernist
postmodernist
altermodernist?
Tell a story
TASK 3?
Make a film
TASK 3?
Decorate the fire place
TASK 3?
References
• Bourriaud, N. (2009) Altermodern: Tate Triennial. London, Tate Publishing.
• Charlesworth, J.J (2009) Altermodern Tate Triennial: 2009. In Art Review, no 31, April. Pp. 112-3.
• Collings, M (2009) Getting to the Heart of God’s Bottom. In Modern Painters, v21 no 4, May. Pp. 18-20.
• Hunt, A (2009) New Journeys in a Teaming Universe. In Tate Etc. no 15, spring. Pp. 70-3.
• Prince, M (2009) Tate Triennial, Tate Britain. In Art in America, no 165,May. P. 95
• Williams, E (2009) Altermodern: Tate Triennial. In Flash Art, 42 May/June. Pp.81-2.
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