Art of the postmodern era : from the late 1960s to the early 1990s

Irving Sandler discusses the major and minor artists and their works; movements, ideas, attitudes, and styles; and the social and cultural context of the period. He covers postmodernist art theory, the art market, and consumer society. American and European art and artists are included. The fourth and final installment in Irving Sandlers series on contemporary art, Art of the Postmodern Era surveys the artists, works, movements, and ideas as well as the social and cultural context of this energetic and turbulent period in art.The book begins with the late 1960s, when new directions in art emerged, ranging from diverse postminimal styles to pattern and decoration painting and new image painting. In turn, the 1980s ushered in a second wave of new movementsneoexpressionism, media deconstruction, and commodity art. Sandler also discusses postmodernist art theory, the art market, and consumer society, providing an essential framework for understanding the art of this period. Unlike his previous books, Art of the Postmodern Era includes both American and European artists.

IntroductionPostminimalismThe Impact of 1968 on European ArtFirst-Generation FeminismPattern and Decoration PaintingArchitectural SculptureNew Image PaintingThe Art World of the 1970sAmerican NeoexpressionismThe Italian Transavantguardia and German NeoexpressionismMedia ArtPostmodernist Art TheoryThe Consumer Society and Deconstruction ArtThe Art World in the First Half of the 1980sEast Village ArtCommodity Art, Neogeo, and the East Village Art SceneThe Other: From the Marginal into the MainstreamInto the 1990s

Sandler discusses the major and minor artists and their works; movements, ideas, attitudes, and styles; and the social and cultural context of the period. He covers post-modernist art theory, the art market, and consumer society. American and European art and artists are included.

Also by Irving Sandler -- Preface -- Introduction -- Postminimalism -- The Impact of 1968 on European Art -- First-Generation Feminism -- Pattern and Decoration Painting -- Architectural Sculpture -- New Image Painting -- The Art World of the 1970s -- American Neoexpressionism -- The Italian Transavantguardia and German Neoexpressionism -- Media Art -- Postmodernist Art Theory -- The Consumer Society and Deconstruction Art -- The Art World in the First Half of the 1980s -- East Village Art -- Commodity Art, Neogeo, and the East Village Art Scene -- The "Other": From the Marginal into the Mainstream -- Into the 1990s