Artists
This artist who made the sculpture "Michael Jackson and Bubbles" is known for elevating kitsch to the realm of high art.
Who is Jeff Koons?
This ancient Greek philosopher viewed art as a deceptive "copy of a copy".
Who is Plato?
Initialy video art was often used as a "counter-medium" to this mainstream industry, which artists sought to critique through guerrilla tactics.
What is broadcast television?
According to Greenberg, kitsch functions ideologically by providing this kind of eaxagerated or easy emotional experience.
What is sentimentality?
The representation or imitation of the real world in art and literature.
What is mimesis?
This artist's photo series "Untitled Film Stills" is often cited as a prime example of pastiche, as they mimic the "look" of 1950s B-movies without mocking a specific film.
Who is Cindy Sherman?
Sontag argued we need this instead of a "hermeneutics" (meaning) of art.
What is an erotics of art?
This person is often credited as the first ever video artist.
Who is Nam Jun Paik?
This economic condition underpins Jameson’s theory of postmodernism.
What is late capitalism?
Borrowing or referencing something for one's own use without creditiding the original source.
What is appropriation?
This artist imitates the language of advertising to expose its ideological structure.
Who is Barbra Kruger?
This art movement was a precursor to postmodernism and reacted against abstract expressionism by emphasising objecthood and viewer's immediate, sensory interaction with the artwork.
What is minimalism?
Unlike cinema, video art is often exhibited in this spatial format rather than in fixed theatrical seating.
What is installation?
Fredric Jameson says this traight of postmodern culture makes parody harder.
What happens when shared stylistic norms collapse?
Jeff Wall uses this two-word term to describe his method of meticulously staging photos to look like spontaneous snapshots.
What is "near documentary"?
This artist was an early pioneer of abstraction, and emphasised art as a spiritual endevour, as in his book "Concerning the Spiritual in Art"
Who is Wassily Kandinsky?
Roland Barthes described this as the "truth" of photography.
What is "that-has-been"?
This element distinguishes video art from prevouis mediums like photography or painting.
What is duration?
Sontag argues that modern criticism overemphasizes this at the expense of sensory experience.
What is interpretation?
This term refers to the imitation of a peculiar or unique style in a "blank irony" that lacks a mocking or satirical impulse.
What is pastiche?
This artist uses specialised imaging technology to photograph things that the naked eye or regular camera cannot see.
Who is Richard Mosse?
A story, poem or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning or lesson.
What is allegory?
This invention kickstarted the rise of video art by making video an affordable and accessable medium.
What is the sony portapack (or first portable video camera)?
Sontag’s position unexpectedly echoes Greenberg’s emphasis on this quality of art.
What is form?
This term describes formulaic, mass-produced culture that imitates the effects of art.
What is kitsch?