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ポストモダニズム絶頂期に青春を過ごした身、展示物一つ一つに懐かしさを感じる反面、なんて悪趣味な時代だったんだろうと思う。最悪だったのはポストモダニズム絶頂期の80年代半ばか。装飾過多かつ原色多用、奇抜。バブル経済と相まって、いい意味でも悪い意味でも自由闊達、何でもありのイケイケの時代だった。でも経済停滞で元気のない今を思うと、希望と欲望に溢れた、いい時代だったんだなあ。
We went to see the V&A‘s new exhibition “Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990” (September 24 – January 15, 2012), exploring what postmodernism means and where it came from. Started as a counter reaction against “less is more” stoic modernism architecture, postmodernism idea soon spread to the realm of pop culture such as art, graphics, music and fashions. The exhibition showcases more than 250 objects in a variety of genres to show us what is postmodernism all about.
I lived through the postmodernism era, and the show made me feel a bit nostalgic and sentimental, but at the same time made me realize how terrible the style of the period was! May be the worst time was the mid 1980s, when was the hype of postmodernism. Exaggerated, gaudy, and eccentric. So much freedom and no-holds-barred, in a good way and a bad way, together with an economic boom. But when I look back, in compare to now in deep recession, it was a very good time – full of desires, enthusiasm and hopes.
Andy Warhol, Dollar Sign (1981)