1st Edition

Geneses of Postmodern Art Technology As Iconology

By Paul Crowther Copyright 2019
166 Pages 41 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

166 Pages 41 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

166 Pages 41 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Postmodernism in the visual arts is not just another 'ism.' It emerged in the 1960s as a transformation of artistic creativity inspired by Duchamp's idea that the artwork does not have to be physically made by its creator. Products of mass culture and technology can be used just as well as traditional media. This idea became influential because of a widespread naturalization of technology - where... Read more

Introduction: Technology As Iconology  1. Contingent Objects, Permanent Eclecticism  2. The Eclectic Range of Postmodern Art  3. Space, Power, and Complexity: The Modern and Postmodern Sublimes  4. Deconstruction in Art and Philosophy Chapter 5 – Subconscious Circuitry: Paolozzi’s Wittgenstein and the Signs of Postmodernism Chapter 6 – Conclusion: Post-Postmodernism?

Biography

Paul Crowther is Professor of Philosophy at Alma Mater Europaea – Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis in Slovenia.