Written assignment questions and EXTENSION

Hi all, there will be an extension on this assignment. It is due on November 5 instead of October 29.

Duchamp and Warhol:

Define modernism and postmodernism, to the best of your ability and in your own words. To do so, use these instructions:

1. 1. Consider what does each movement stand against? What does it posit? / What does it say yes/no to? / What are the cultural “sins” or mistakes that it tries to reveal? Whose mistakes are they?

2. 2. What would be a modernist/postmodernist novel, building, artwork or movie? What else can ‘be modern/postmodern?

3. 3. What are the criticism each movement has against its predecessor?

Analyze Duchamp and Warhol in the context of postmodernism. To do so use these instructions:

Questions for Duchamp:

1. 1. Describe Duchamp’s works: their physical attributes and the debates they evoked

2. 2. Why is Duchamp’s artwork not modernist?

3. 3. What are the questions Duchamp’s works raise about art?

4. 4. What are the questions and observations the work raise about society that they were presented in? Why are these questions new? Why are they significant? To who?

Questions for Warhol following Duchamp:

1. 1. Describe Warhol’s works: their physical attributes and the debates they evoked

2. 2. What does Warhol’s work take from Duchamp?

3. 3. What are the differences in Warhol’s approach to art comparing to Duchamp’s?

4. 4. Who is the audience for Warhol’s works?

5. 5. What are the questions and observations the artwork raise about society that they were presented in? Why are these questions new? Why are they significant? To who?

Questions for comparative analysis:

1. What is the difference in the approach each artist has towards: (a)repetition in the process of making art? (b)Towards popularity? (c)Towards history of art?

2. Given that Warhol and Duchamp are two of the most influential artists in the twentieth century, what does their success show about the culture they lived in?

3. What are the changes in approaches to art that are manifested in the works?

4. What does one need to know in order to evaluate their work?

Good Luck!