Assignment Instructions/ Description
1. Characterize postmodern architecture. How have architects responded to environmental concerns in their work?��2. Discuss the ways in which pluralism and diversity are reflected in postmodern art and literature. How do artist like Gerhard Richter, Pat Steir, and Brice Marden approach this problem? What role have graffiti and street art played in disintegrating the distinction between high culture and low?�3. Describe how postcolonial experience and the quest for self-definition are manifested in contemporary art and literature. How does Ai Weiwei address it? In what ways does Yinka Shonibare reveal the market's ironies? �How does Ana Mendieta' story reflect the difficulties of assimilation? �How have contemporary artists like Adrian Piper and Rashid Johnson defined their own identities beyond the single question of race?�4. Show and Tell. Choose an artist of your choice from any genre (it does not have to be an artist from the textbook). Upload an image or video. Discuss the historical significance of their work. Explain why you chose it.