The "New Realism" in the Postmodern Art Cover Image

"Jaunais reālisms" kā postmodernisma problēma
The "New Realism" in the Postmodern Art

Author(s): Jelena Celma
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Aesthetics, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Latvijas Kultūras akadēmija
Keywords: New Realism; postmodernism; post-modern art; classic realism;

Summary/Abstract: This article is an attempt to understand a new tendency of postmodern art. It is called " New Realism", which differs entirely from classical realism.The artisctic experience of today shows that art puts a special emphasis on the things when things are presented only as they are. This open belief in the world has been born as the opposite of a simulation and a game. And it requires for a special intensity of reception.

  • Issue Year: 2/2006
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 60-65
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Latvian