Unit #14: Post-Modern Trends & Global Contemporary
Trend: Art about Everyday
Mundane Subject Matter, Accessible to Everyone, Low Art Materials (Screen Printing and Found Objects), Consumable/Marketable art objects, Loved by the Public, and Art made from Reclaimed Materials (as part of the message), Artists concerned with helping the Environment.
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Trend: Ethnicity and Social Class Issues
Exploring Cultural Definitions of Race- Artists Discovering and Expressing their Cultural Heritage within the Global Contemporary Context
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Trend: Social/Political Issues - Feminism and Gender Identity Issues |
Historically Under Represented Voices (Women and Minorities), Exposing and Subverting Cultural and Racial Stereotypes, Global Perspective, Pluralism (No one Universal Perspective Dominates), Art About Human Rights, Body Issues (Self-Esteem, Identity Deconstructing Messages in Mass Media, Exploring Cultural Definitions of Gender,
Trend: Altered Place and Installation
Art Outside of the Gallery Context, Available to the Public (sometimes requires travel), Changing the Landscape and Viewer's Interaction with Nature and the Spaces Around them, Art that Transforms a Space (Beyond Sculpture- adding sounds, smells, temperatures)
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Postmodern Architecture
Post modern interpretations of building, living spaces, and museums. Includes views on conceptual architectural space.
Trend: New Media (video, digital, internet, social media...)Art that Moves (Video), Extending the Usual Techniques of Materials such as (Sound, Video, the Internet, Social Media),
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