Postmodernism was the period that succeeded the Modern era that occurred in the late 19th century and continued to the early phase of the 20th century. What distinguishes modernism to its successor was its favor towards the classical arts of the Greco-Roman culture; like the French architect Le Corbusier, Modernism thoroughly embraces radicalism and explored many facets of rapid industrialization through the use of new materials that can be obtained cheaply and mass produced quickly. The whole concept of Modernism period style is to return the classical attribute of architectural purity on the buildings and in art. In contrast with the Modernism, the Post-Modernism was a difficult era to distinguish; in this age, there are more focus on the styles that do not closely resemble art but rather a rebellion towards the neat and glamor of the previous art movements. In fact, the culture and ideology of post-modernism can be traced back to the existence of the Bauhaus and Vkhutemas schools wherein the focus is less on the artistic display but more in the functionality of the object. Post-Modernism was the result of Leninism in art with its preference on the communist ideals of making furniture that can be detached so that the space it will occupy can be used for other purposes. To support this statement, Jameson (1991, p. 1-5) reiterated that post-modernist movement is the improvised relic of the Leninist culture that dominated the early 20th century.
In the work of Hans Haacke, he viewed the museum as a place where people can appreciate the art but also the edifice also serves as the cultural exchange center that allows observers to observe the architectural perspective of creating space and proportion to complete the building. Like the previous style movements, the concept of building the museum is to allow the cultural exchange between other cultures, preserve the relics, and to add publicity to the company that sponsors them. (English 2007).
The Neo-Expressionism was another avant-garde style of art that are frequently seen on mural paintings sometimes depicting abstract landscape and rash wild colors. The Neo-Expressionism can be attributed to the styles of the Expressionists due to their notorious blending of polychromatic colors and less depictions of realistic images. In the new expressionism, the changes has been instilled by the concept of minimalism or ‘less is better’ portrayal wherein images and sculptures cannot and does not resemble anything close from the reality. The iconography depicted in most of these paintings usually contains images that were based on the ancient and primitive drawings found on historical places; the images depicted on the neo-expressionist paintings reject the notion of realistic portraiture but instead welcomed extreme abstractness as the new style of post-modern paintings. (Guggenheim 2016).
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English, T. (2007). Hans Haacke, or the Museum as Degenerate Utopia. International and Interdisciplinary Journal of Postmodern Cultural Sound, Text and Image, 4. Retrieved from http://intertheory.org/english.htm
Jameson, F. (1991). Postmodernism, or, the cultural logic of late capitalism. Durham: Duke University Press. Available at: https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=oRJ9fh9BK8wC&printsec=frontcover&dq=what+is+postmodernism&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi58Ymcm5jMAhWDppQKHdvADTQQ6AEIRDAI#v=onepage&q=what%20is%20postmodernism&f=false
Neo-Expressionism New York, Italy, and West Germany, late 1970s. (2016). Guggenheim Museum. Retrieved 18 April 2016, from http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/movements/195222
