Unit 10 Works

Artist: Koons

Time: 1988, postmodernism

Place: USA

Materials: glazed porcelain, 6yo kid sized

Context:

• from his banality show, meant to annoy and provoke people.

• Inspired by little baby countrified German figurines.

• making OG statement abt something not OG

Artist: Sherman (feminist artist)

Time: 1990, postmodernism

Place: USA

Materials: photo, chromogenic color print

Context:

• from Biblical story where woman saves ppl (Israelites), saws general’s head off

• she’s always her own model. why? brain dump.

• self-portrait (artist is woman in photo).

Artist: Paik

Time: 1995, conceptual art

Place: Seoul, Korea/USA

Materials: TV, neon

Context:

• Info overload, criticism of the importance of tech + Media to country

• diff media for each state (purposeful, meticulously chosen), all at once, lots of flashing and overwhelming flashing lights + noise

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