>And before you object that we’ve been living for 50 years in postmodernism, not modernism, the art that followed the titans of the early-20th century was defin

>And before you object that we’ve been living for 50 years in postmodernism, not modernism, the art that followed the titans of the early-20th century was defined and even named after what preceded it (daddy issues?). Postmodernism isn't just "not modernism" or the art that happens after modernism. Postmodernism is art that only makes sense in the context of modernism. It involves pastiche, genre criticism and meta-analysis.