Art in the 1980s

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Art in the 1980s
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Post-Modernism

• Death of the Author.
• - Roland Barthes

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• Post-Modernism is free not only to adopt earlier
  imagery but also to radically alter its meaning
  through Deconstruction by placing it in a new
  context. The traditional importance assigned to
  the artist and the object he or she creates is
  de-emphasized in this approach, which stresses
  process over content. Hence, Performance Art is
  perhaps the most characteristic art form to
  emerge in the 1980s.

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Contrasting Characteristics

• MODERN
• Ascetic
• Purist
• Refined
• Elitist
• Single-minded
• Paternalistic
• Intellectual

• POST MODERN
• Local
• Contextual
• Complex
• Decorative
• Popularist
• Eclectic
• Maternalistic
• Emotional

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Cindy ShermanUntitled Film Stills, 13, 1977-80
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Barbara KrugerUntitled (Your Gaze Hits the Side
of My Face), 1981
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Barbara KrugerUntitled (You Invest in the
Divinity of the Masterpiece), 1982
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Barbara Kruger1986
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Barbara Kruger1981
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Guerrilla GirlsThe Advantages of Being Artist,
1989

• The Advantages of Being a Woman Artist
• Working without the pressure of success.
• Not having to be in shows with men.
• Having an escape from the art world in your 4
  free-lance jobs.
• Knowing your career might pick up after you're
  eighty.
• Being reassured that whatever kind of art you
  make it will be labeled feminine.
• Not being stuck in a tenured teaching position.
• Seeing your ideas live on in the work of others.
• Having the opportunity to choose between career
  and motherhood.
• Not having to choke on those big cigars or paint
  in Italian suits.
• Having more time to work when your mate dumps you
  for someone younger.
• Being included in revised versions of art
  history.
• Not having to undergo the embarrassment of being
  called a genius.
• Getting your picture in the art magazines wearing
  a gorilla suit.

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Guerrilla GirlsDo women have to be naked to get
into the Met. Museum?, 1989
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Miriam ShapiroProvide, 1982 - Acrylic and
fabric on paper
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Faith RinggoldBitter Nest Part II Harlem
Renaissance Party, 1988
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Paula RegoThe Family, 1988
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Paula RegoJosephs Dream, 1990
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Social Commentary
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Tony CraggBritain Seen from the North, 1987
Britain Seen from the North  1981
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Jean-Michel BasquiatUntitled (Skull), 1984
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
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Jean Michel-BasquiatThe Death of Michael
Stuart, 1983
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Jean-Michel BasquiatCharles the First, 1982
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Twombly/de Kooning
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Neo-Expressionism
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Julian SchnabelHumanity asleep, 1982 (paint
with broken crockery)
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Jörg ImmendorffCafé Deutschland
(Lift/Tremble/Back),1984
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Georg BaselitzAdieu, 1982
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School of London Painting
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Lucian FreudPainter and Model, 1986-7
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Frank Auerbach JYMI,1981
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Frank AuerbachJake, 1990
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Leon KossoffHere Comes the Diesel, 1987
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Howard HodgkinDinner at Smith Square, 1975-79
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Howard HodgkinClean Sheets 19824
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Howard HodgkinRed Bermudas 197880
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Howard HodgkinLovers, 1984-92
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Gilbert GeorgeDeath Hope Life Fear 1984