Modernism and Postmodernism Clement Greenberg Modernism artavantgarde original

Modernism and Postmodernism

Clement Greenberg

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

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)

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

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

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

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

Edward Clark, Wasted Landscape, oil on canvas, 1961

Edward Clark, The Crescent, Acrylic on canvas, 2006

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

Sam Gilliam, Carousel Form II, 1969

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

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

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

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

Lorna Simpson, Guarded Conditions, photography + Texts, 1989

OBAC, Wall of Respect, Chicago, 1967

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

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

Richard Hunt Jacob's Ladder 1997 cast and welded bronze

Wilfredo Lam Femme Oiseau 1957. Oil on canvas, 91 x 73 cm.

Wilfredo Lam, Femme Cheval 1955 (ca. ). Oil on burlap, 91, 7 x 72, 7 cm

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