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Modernism and Postmodernism
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Modernism-art/avant-garde-original, new; not commonOr imitative-art for art’s sake, (pure, abstract, processes of art)-renounces narrative, literature-audience is cultivated,Minority, powerful
Postmodernism-kitsch/ rear-garde-imitative, common,Popular, commercial-art as entertainment,Industry/effect-narrative, Literature, life’s experience, politics-mass audience, majority, public domain
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Modernism StyleTruth to materialSelf referentialOriginalityMuseum and GalleryInformed audience
PostmodernismcontentMixed mediaExtra aestheticReferential; AppropriationDiverse site/indoor/Outdoor (diverse audience)
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Romare Bearden, Prevalence of Ritual: Mysteries, collage, 1964
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Betyre Saar, Liberation of Aunt Jemima,Mixed media, 1972
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Barbara Chase Riboud,Monument to Malcom XMixed media, 1969
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Melvin Edwards,Gate to Ogun, Welded Stainless steel, 1983
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Edward Clark, Wasted Landscape, oil on canvas, 1961
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Edward Clark, The Crescent, Acrylic on canvas, 2006
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Norman Lewis, Harlem Turns White, oil on canvas, 1955
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Sam Gilliam, Carousel Form II, 1969
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Howardena Pindell,Autobiography:Water/Ancestors/Middle Passage/Family Ghosts, mixed media, 1988
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A French print “La Belle Hottentot” after the display and objectification of Sarah Bartman (Saartje Bartman)
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Renee Cox,Saartie Bartman(Hottentot Venus)Photography, 1995
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David Hammons, Injustice Case,Mixed media on canvas, 1970
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Lorna Simpson, Guarded Conditions, photography + Texts, 1989
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OBAC, Wall of Respect, Chicago, 1967
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Reginald Gammon,Freedom Now, 1965--appropriation of Moneta Sleet Jr.’sPhotograph of the march on Washington D.C
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Richard Hunt, I Have Been to the Mountain, welded corten steel,Martin Luther King MemorialMemphis, Tennessee, 1977
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Richard HuntJacob's Ladder1997cast and welded bronze
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Wilfredo LamFemme Oiseau1957. Oil on canvas, 91x73 cm.
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Wilfredo Lam,Femme Cheval1955 (ca.). Oil on burlap, 91,7x72,7 cm
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Wilfredo Lam, "The Jungle", 1942-44 240 x 228 cm., Museum of Modern Art, NY