Where - Victoria and Albert Museum, London
When - 27th September 2011
http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/postmodernism/
The Victoria and Albert museums exhibition on Postmodernism was quite bizarre to me.
I walked through a space which contained over 250 items that seemed to have little in common, just lots of colour and light.
As I pushed past hundreds of sketchbook clad students I thought I started to understand Postmodernism.
In my opinion, Postmodernism was a bright, loud rejection of structure and 'normality'. I think Postmodernism was the start of the realization that it wasn't easy to be new or keep generating new ideas, therefore designers took to cutting and pasting the old and created things that seemed like mockery.
The use of bright colour, dramatic shape and neon attract the consumer and captivate them to see and buy into things that were impractical and ridiculous. MTV is an example of this, flashing lights and jumping images that draw in the viewers attention yet has no relevance or depth.
I did enjoy the exhibition though, it made me laugh. I don't know if that is the intention of those behind Postmodernism or not. I don't know if i actually understand Postmodernism at all.
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