The end of Modernism?
Modernism was a revolt against the conservative values of realism. Modernists believed that each new generation must build on past styles in new way or break with the past in order to make the next major contribution. Modernism is associated with innovation and progress. Many modernists believed that by rejecting tradition and embracing new technology they could invent new ways of making art.
Despite the fact that early practitioners rejected consumerism, modernism has flourished in consumer/capitalist societies. Modernism even began to fuse with consumer culture during the 1960s. This merging of consumer and the original idea of modernism led to a radical transformation of the meaning of “modernism.” It seems that a movement based on the rejection of tradition has become a tradition of its own.
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