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Common Objects : postmodernist discourse, naivety and the logic of consumption in the work of Donald Baechler

Borda-Pedreira, Joakim (2007)
Division of Art History and Visual Studies
Abstract
This is a poststructuralist study of strategies of representation in the work of American artist Donald Baechler. Tracing late-modern discourse on consumer society and cultural fragmentation - as well as art historical debates on the demise of painting - in a number of paintings by Baechler, I attempt to shed some light on key issues in contemporary figurative art.

The three central themes I explore are the conflict between figuration and abstraction, appropriation and the logic of consumption, and representation of marginal voices. Furthermore, I place Baechler in relatrion to Pop Art, naivism and Outsider Art.
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author
Borda-Pedreira, Joakim
supervisor
organization
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Baechler, Donald, 1956-, postmodernism, consumer society, Pop Art, Naivism, Contemporary painting, konsumtion, Art History, Konstvetenskap
language
English
id
1324036
date added to LUP
2007-12-07 00:00:00
date last changed
2007-12-07 00:00:00
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The three central themes I explore are the conflict between figuration and abstraction, appropriation and the logic of consumption, and representation of marginal voices. Furthermore, I place Baechler in relatrion to Pop Art, naivism and Outsider Art.}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Common Objects : postmodernist discourse, naivety and the logic of consumption in the work of Donald Baechler}},
  year         = {{2007}},
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