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1 Modernism and Postmodernism

2 Clement Greenberg

3 Modernism -art/avant-garde -original, new; not common Or 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

4 Modernism Style Truth to material Self referential Originality Museum and Gallery Informed audience Postmodernism content Mixed media Extra aesthetic Referential; Appropriation Diverse site/indoor/ Outdoor (diverse audience)

5 Romare Bearden, Prevalence of Ritual: Mysteries, collage, 1964

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7 Betyre Saar, Liberation of Aunt Jemima, Mixed media, 1972

8 Barbara Chase Riboud, Monument to Malcom X Mixed media, 1969

9 Melvin Edwards, Gate to Ogun, Welded Stainless steel, 1983

10 Edward Clark, Wasted Landscape, oil on canvas, 1961

11 Edward Clark, The Crescent, Acrylic on canvas, 2006

12 Norman Lewis, Harlem Turns White, oil on canvas, 1955

13 Sam Gilliam, Carousel Form II, 1969

14 Howardena Pindell, Autobiography: Water/Ancestors/Middle Passage/ Family Ghosts, mixed media, 1988

15 A French print “La Belle Hottentot” after the display and objectification of
Sarah Bartman (Saartje Bartman)

16 Renee Cox, Saartie Bartman (Hottentot Venus) Photography, 1995

17 David Hammons, Injustice Case, Mixed media on canvas, 1970

18 Lorna Simpson, Guarded Conditions, photography + Texts, 1989

19 OBAC, Wall of Respect, Chicago, 1967

20 Reginald Gammon, Freedom Now, 1965 --appropriation of Moneta Sleet Jr.’s Photograph of the march on Washington D.C

21 Richard Hunt, I Have Been to the Mountain, welded corten steel,
Martin Luther King Memorial Memphis, Tennessee, 1977

22 Richard Hunt Jacob's Ladder 1997 cast and welded bronze

23 Wilfredo Lam Femme Oiseau Oil on canvas, 91x73 cm.

24 Wilfredo Lam, Femme Cheval 1955 (ca.). Oil on burlap, 91,7x72,7 cm

25 Wilfredo Lam, "The Jungle", 1942-44 240 x 228 cm
Wilfredo Lam, "The Jungle",   240 x 228 cm., Museum of Modern Art, NY

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