Portfolio Task 4- Postmodernism

Find five images of what you consider to be Postmodern Visual Communication.

Post Modernism is a late 20th Century style in art characterized by a general distrust of ideologies. There was much debate over what constitues art. With the introduction of new technologies and new ideas in society created experimentation in art and graphic design, mixing different styles and medias and moving away from Modernism.


Warhol, A (1962) 'Campbell's Soup Cans' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell%27s_Soup_Cans

This presents Postmodernist Visual Communication as it is a graphic image of a mundane object repeated over and over again, presenting an image in the debate over what really constitutes art. It is mixing different styles and rejecting the norm of what is considered art, using new printing techniques.

Oldenburg, C (1966) 'Soft Bathtub' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Soft_Bathtub.jpg

This image of the 'Soft Bathtub' is completely rejecting the norm of what constitues art making it Postmodernist Visual Communication.

Carson, D (1990's) 'Advertising Design' http://citrinitas.com/history_of_viscom/images/computer/davidcarson.html

David Carson using text over a photograph presents Postmodernist Visual Communication as it is using mixed medias with the text dominant in the photograph. This is using new technologies and new ideas of what art should be, with the rise of photography and graphics as artforms in themselves.

Hamilton, R (1956) 'Just What Is It that Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hamilton_%28artist%29

This collage style is mixing medias and styles within art to create its own image and context. It is mixing new materials and is very experimental.


Lichtenstein, R (1963) 'Drowning Girl' http://www.lichtensteinfoundation.org/frames.htm

Lichtenstein's image presents a Post Modernist Pop art image, in the format of a comic strip. The colour and drawing style used go against the traditional ideas art.