Everything at Once: Postmodernity 1967 - 1992Bundeskunsthalle BonnLabel: Hirmer VerlagDescription: Holding up a mirror to the present the exhibition homes in on our current conflicts – from right-wing populism to identity politics. It allows us to ask from the distance of a generation what time we are actually living in. Is Postmodernity really over – or are we in the middle of it? The year 1967 marked the beginning of our present: Modernism which had presumed that everything could be sorted out through equal housing furniture and rights for all was abandoned and from its ruins a bizarre eccentric world was born. Architects declared the amusement park the new ideal city; designers shook off the yoke of good taste and the conflict between the two dominant political systems gave way to the struggle for self-realisation. New media synchronised the globe and images became the arena in which contests for style and recognition were waged. Showcasing spectacular examples of design architecture cinema pop philosophy art and literature the exhibition chronicles the dawn of the information society the unleashing of the financial markets the great age of subcultures disco punk and techno-pop shoulder pads and Memphis furniture. It also chronicles the sudden surge in the construction of museums the new temples of art and culture to which we owe the largest exhibit the Bundeskunsthalle itself. When the Bundeskunsthalle opened in 1992 the Cold War was over and Francis Fukuyama published his famous book in which he proclaimed ‘the end of history’ as such. Thirty years later it is clear that history did not come to an end and Postmodernism is once again a matter of considerable debate.
Bundeskunsthalle Bonn Everything at Once: Postmodernity 1967 - 1992 (Paperback) would be the best fit for art enthusiasts who want to explore the cultural shifts of the postmodern period through the lens of a specific art institution.
