The Post-Modern Artist

The Post-Modern Art Movement was an attempt to create an alternative thought process in order to provide an avenue for the artist who wished to present their beliefs and values that contradicted those found in the Modern Art Movement. It is argued that the Post Modern Art Movement began in the 1950’s and continues to this day. The principles that are associated with the Post-Modern Art Movement are “Destroying the notion of the Avant-garde”, and questioning the value of the art being made today. Post-Modern artists sometimes pull from previous movements such as realism, pop art, Dadaism, and Surrealism. Artists like; Chris Burden, James Rosenquiest, and Rene Magritte are a few of the well known Post-modern artists of our time.