Postmoderinst era

The postmodernist era of art work represents a new take on traditional art with a modern lens that distorts people’s expectations of art.  Previously pieces of art were easily understood from the audiences’ point of view.  Both ages of realism and modernism were time periods where art was still being experimented with, but the structural form did not cause major controversy for the viewers and art critics.  Postmodern medium for art includes almost anything ranging from paints on canvas all the way up to advertisements and physical billboards.  Postmodern artists use their talents to create art that from everyday objects that makes outsiders question what they indeed are looking at.  Some examples of postmodern artists are Andy Warhol and Jean Baudrillard.  The screen prints of Cables chicken noodles by Andy Warhol reinvented how people perceive the everyday soup cans simply by repeating the same image and altering the colors each time.  The use of reproducing the same simple image forces audiences to view ordinary objects through a new lens.  Baudrillard believes, that mass media and technology bombard society with senseless information making it impossible to ever truly be alone.  And for Baudrillard the individual encountering themselves is greatly important but is constantly being interfered with.  By challenging people’s perceptions of art, the postmodern artists force their audiences to question political, cultural, and other issues that would otherwise go overlooked.