Postmodernity and Global Cultures

The chapter in the textbook called Postmodernity and Global Cultures, describes contemporary art as…" [speaking] to the dramatic social, political and technological changes of the last 50 years, and it questions many of society’s values and assumptions—a tendency of postmodernism, a concept sometimes used to describe contemporary art. What makes today’s art especially challenging is that, like the world around us, it has become more diverse and cannot be easily defined through a list of visual characteristics, artistic themes or cultural concerns."

Instructions: 1. Watch the video of a performance between Jay-Z and Marina Abramović called Picasso Baby

(https://www.universal-music.de/jayz/videos/picasso-baby-a-performance-art-film-326307) (10mins - contains explicit language). Listen carefully to Jay-Z at the beginning of the video where he discusses his thoughts about the project.

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