Common Objects : postmodernist discourse, naivety and the logic of consumption in the work of Donald Baechler
(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
- 2007
- 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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