'postmodernism' exhibition at the v&a: good idea or very bad one?

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Consumers Rest Tote Bag
In the 1970s, 80s and early 90s, shopping as a form of entertainment and leisure took on an increasingly important place in culture. Frank Schreiner, for Stiletto Studios, inspired by consumerism and the iconic shopping trolley created the witty Consumers Rest sculpture (1990), which features on this tote bag.

£10

Jenny Holzer Mounted Print – £9.50
‘Protect Me From What I Want’ is from Holzer’s 1983-85 Survival series in which she used signage and LED lights for a postmodern communication questioning and making her viewers think about how they felt about the world in which they lived and the voice of authority in advertising.

Spotty and Dotty Scarf – £40
This wool scarf is inspired by the postmodern style for bold colours and layers of surface pattern featuring large dots on white, black and teal.

Momus reviews this exhibition here (and also talks at great length about European toilets):

http://imomus.com/pomopod.mp3

I am excited about the existence of this show, but only because they licensed an architectural photo from me, my very first experience with this kind of profe$$ional achievement and I am still very proud and bemaing.

(also, i am a big challopsy defender of architectural postmodernism, so the show sounds like a nice idea anyhow.)

i dont really know anything about this exhibition but someone linked to this fantastically stupid article about postmodernism a few weeks ago

http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2011/07/postmodernism-is-dead-va-exhibition-age-of-authenticism/

good job doc, that's great. i used to have to chase rights for architectural photos & was always kinda, maybe self-righteously, surprised whenever we got people who were sceptical or ambivalent about putting something on display (not in terms of people who were particular about the way something was exhibited, but people who had a flat fee & wouldn't budge or w/e). it's really exciting to think of your work being seen by so many people in that context.

i quite enjoyed the guardian precis on this expo & hope to catch it anyway.

haha well at least that prospect mag article elicited some informative comments about postmodernism!
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