The alter modern article was difficult to wrap my brain around. However, it raised questions about the type of work that is being created today, and answered many questions as to why this type of work is being created. In some of my other classes, we are discussing "contemporary" works of art that were made in the 1970s-1990s. Many fall under the postmodern concepts and themes. Interestingly, there is somewhat of a progression into what Bourriaud considers altermodern.
During the discussion people brought up some good points on how difficult it is to see a historical movement when you're living it. The themes appear quite general, and It seems like most art that is being created today can fit the requirements.
The works at the New Museum (Rivane Neuenschwander) and the works of the Starn Brothers at the MET seem to fit the concepts of altermodern nicely. They feel nostalgic: Big Bambu is reminiscent of childhood, while Neuenschwander uses cultural traditions, popular/classic films, and literature. Neuenschwander works with the ideas under the exile theme as well. What do you think?
I am drawn to works of art created in this way and that sort of fall under altermodernism. However, i think Bourriaud loses me at the globalization of artists. I believe when things are pushed to be globalized, there is always someone not being reached. Even in the "technologically
savvy" world that we supposedly live in, there are entire countries who have not caught up to even what we now perceive as dated. For me personally, the concepts of Altermodern are lost there.
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