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Pictured above is the example I have chosen of postmodern art. It is a picture by Angela Straussheim. The title of this photograph is Savannah's Birthday Party. When a person looks at Straussheim’s photos they look strangely familiar. When I first saw one I couldn’t stop staring at the photo and was wondering where I had seen it before. This is because Straussheim's photos, if given a closer look, are all copies of famous commonly known religious works of art. The photo I have chosen is a copy of the Last Supper by Lianardo Divinci. It is the same in the posing and set up of the main subjects and people in the photograph. Where this photograph differs from the the original Last Supper is in the people and setting that they are in. This is postmodernist because it is a copy and also because it identifies the differences. The differences from the original work are that the people in it are depicted in a happy atmosphere. Also the main characters are female children.
Good choice. Though this work doesn't rely on outright appropriation, it is making a clear reference to previous works, and is dependent on the viewer's recognition of the source to be fully understood. Of course, the reference also adds a layer of humor to the piece.
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