PostModernism
Postmodernism
The year of 1980 is the era of when Postmodernism arised.It wasn't like any era , it represented the past movements in the art. Through the color, expressionism and events that happened in the past. Five years before the movement there was a global recession that not only gave the people loss of hope but optimism as well. It was a life changing year that now is reflected through art. The intention behind the art of postmodernism is grabbing everything that happened in the past and putting it into artwork.
Furthing into understanding movements that shaped postmodernism art, Is the Memphis Movement. It was considered to be a group of designers who abolished the modernism movement and wanted to challenge people to rebel against the modernist design. This was inspired from Art deco and Pop art, which fits postmodernism due to the extravagant color choices and way of expression. Below are some furniture that was a part of the movement.
Designers
Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
He was a designer that focused on American visual art. His designs were abstract-expressionism ,modern art and contemporary art. He was most known for the Campbell's soup,banana and Marilyn Monroe art pieces he created. He also has his own museum in Pennsylvania called the Andy Warhol museum which consists of a background of who he was and all his art over time. Below I included some photos I got from when I visited the museum.
The New York Five
This was a group of five designers that were architects of modern and contemporary architecture in New York. One of the designers' names is Micheal Graves. He focused on strong colors and forms, Embraced more decorative detail and designed places by masses. He took architecture and embroiled it from a classical standpoint. He wanted ornamentation which gave meaning to a space. He used color throughout his buildings to represent nature and or what he was trying to come across with the design. Below are some of the buildings he designed.
Portland Public Service building Oregon, 1980
Denver Public Library, Colorado,1995
Interior-Wenzhou Keen University
Deconstructivism
This design style emerged in the late 1980’s. It was taking pieces of a building and moving it around to make it a whole new piece. This process was considered to be taking apart and putting back together forms to a new building. One designer that used this method was Peter Eisenman. He was known for taking fragmented structures and making unpredictable designs. Below are some buildings he did of this process.
Aronoff Center For Design and Art,Cincinnati, Ohio, 1996
City of Culture Galicia, Spain
Modern Applications:
One step Further:
John Hejduk (1929- 2000)
John was a member of the New York five that focused on Postmodernism architecture. He focused on geometric style, use of grid and psychological elements. I think he took a very unique approach to Post modernism by including the geometric shapes to create abstract designs. One of his designs he created was The wall house of Netherlands. It consisted of reinforced concrete for the walls and columns and wood stud walls. He wanted to create spaces in this home that were focused on private and public space.
Other Sources:
Wall House explained:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBlOTUUuJJI
Deconstructivism Explained:
Kahlan,
ReplyDeleteYour overall decription on post modernism was very detailed and direct. I espeically like the history of it being a time of optismistic again after it being lost. I liked the way you broke down the blog into different sections such as "Designers," "New York Five," "Deconstructivism," and "Modern Applications." This allowed more detail and exploration of this era and design.
Kahlan,
ReplyDeleteAnother informative Blog post. After giving us a historical introduction to this period you moved us into Andy Warhol and his contributions to this period. I love that you added your own photos from when you visited this museum.
You covered the New York five and Deconstructivism- and them gave us examples of modern applications to this style of design.
Lastly, you covered John Hejduk.
Total Points: 50/50
Kahlan,
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job going over the historical aspect of the postmodernist movement. You explained how postmodernism came to be and the start of the Memphis movement in a way that was clear and understandable. I appreciated the use of pictures and how they tied into what you were explaining. Your "one step further" part was helpful in understanding how the movement is shown through many different architects.