First came the age of Realism, the era that attempted to make art and literature resemble the real characteristics of life. Preceding realism came modernism in the early 19th-20th century. Modernism was a philosophical art movement that was bent in all directions due to the new and upcoming westernized culture. Finally Postmodernism rose. Where "postmodern cultural forms reflect the dislocation and fragmentation of communities-splintered into small groups"(Postmodernism). Each group had its own private language, style, culture, isolating from the normalities humans previously scene. I interpret it as a clique, for example Off-White and Anti-Social Social-Club (clothing brands) develop there own interpretation of art and bring it forth into a lifestyle around clothing. Depending on the city, habits, or persona of an individual, it boils down to who they are wearing which develops a shape of that individual. Postmodern artist are weird, according to the norm. These modern day artist are meant to be weird and different. Style and art cannot be created from nothing. It is those who "plunge into the unknown and represent it" that are the pioneers in the colorful world that encompasses us today. Unfortunately it can get extravagant and unnecessary from many outside influences. Practicality is commonly lost in the westernized world where the average human lives as though a king would several centuries ago. It is finding and innovating something never scene before and having the motives to bring it fourth to life that surround the theme of postmodernism.
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