Postmodernism shattered established ideas about style and brought a radical freedom to art and design. At its height in the 1980s, postmodern designers such as the Memphis group, Alessi and Arad, contributed to the New Wave: a few thrilling years when image was everything.
Postmodernism
Postmodernism is one of the most controversial movements in art and design history. Over two decades, from about 1970 to 1990, postmodernism brought a new self-awareness ab…
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Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-90 (Hardback)
The radical ideas associated with Postmodernism swept through the arts in the 1970s, but have always been hard to summarise. Postmodernism: Style and …
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