One thing that really got me thinking in class was the painting of a can of tomato soup by Andy Warhol. This picture belonged to the postmodern side of the chart under the art category. With this picture we said that “Art is commerce; style matters most of all” as a class we broke down this quote into two parts.
The first part was “art is commerce.” This means that the can of soup is a commodity, or what we buy. We watched a quick movie clip with Andy Rooney criticizing post modern art. He was basically pointing out how stupid it is and how art has become very irrelevant and apart of the human life. In modern art it is believed that “art [is] a separate and somewhat privileged kind of human experience.” By Andy Warhol creating this painting of just a can of soup gives out a message of how now art is just as simple as things we buy and how new genuine ideas have vanished.
Another way I thought about this was the style. In post modern art it says that “style matters most of all.” But when looking at this picture I think it was being contradicting. Of course now in postmodern time people want very different and new kinds of art in their home because it catches their eyes due to the new variations of style. In our class that wasn’t the case; the class was boggled by why Andy Warhol would paint a picture of just a can of soup. Most of the people in the class would rather have a picture that makes the think and create their own interpretation of meaning within the painting.
I think there are limitations when it comes to style because the society wants to fall in between both modern and postmodern art. They want to be able to think about the paintings meaning along with absurd and abstract style. For example a painting of a can of soup or a statue of a painted cow and bunnies wouldn’t be as meaning full to society. I think a lot of people would like paintings like Braque and Picasso; because their paints are abstract but at the same time not as simple as a can of soup it actually makes you think.
When talking about modern and postmodern art it is very hard for society to go completely one way now a days because we are lazy and don’t want to think as much but we also don’t want something so simple as a can of soup which we see every day in our cabinets. This puzzles me because I don’t like being in between two ideas; I want to go one way or the other. Now when I look at different works of art I am going to try and figure out whether or not the artist was trying to create a modern or postmodern piece of art.
The first part was “art is commerce.” This means that the can of soup is a commodity, or what we buy. We watched a quick movie clip with Andy Rooney criticizing post modern art. He was basically pointing out how stupid it is and how art has become very irrelevant and apart of the human life. In modern art it is believed that “art [is] a separate and somewhat privileged kind of human experience.” By Andy Warhol creating this painting of just a can of soup gives out a message of how now art is just as simple as things we buy and how new genuine ideas have vanished.
Another way I thought about this was the style. In post modern art it says that “style matters most of all.” But when looking at this picture I think it was being contradicting. Of course now in postmodern time people want very different and new kinds of art in their home because it catches their eyes due to the new variations of style. In our class that wasn’t the case; the class was boggled by why Andy Warhol would paint a picture of just a can of soup. Most of the people in the class would rather have a picture that makes the think and create their own interpretation of meaning within the painting.
I think there are limitations when it comes to style because the society wants to fall in between both modern and postmodern art. They want to be able to think about the paintings meaning along with absurd and abstract style. For example a painting of a can of soup or a statue of a painted cow and bunnies wouldn’t be as meaning full to society. I think a lot of people would like paintings like Braque and Picasso; because their paints are abstract but at the same time not as simple as a can of soup it actually makes you think.
When talking about modern and postmodern art it is very hard for society to go completely one way now a days because we are lazy and don’t want to think as much but we also don’t want something so simple as a can of soup which we see every day in our cabinets. This puzzles me because I don’t like being in between two ideas; I want to go one way or the other. Now when I look at different works of art I am going to try and figure out whether or not the artist was trying to create a modern or postmodern piece of art.
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