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Postmodernism may appear as the ultimate phase of modernism; it expresses what may happen in art after
the modernist project
appears to have ended. It is characterised by an ability to use a vocabulary of media,
genres or styles as parts of an extended visual
language that goes beyond the boundaries of what is usually thought of as the
modernist project. Postmodernism is, by its very nature, impossible to define clearly. Some of the best expositions appear in the
theoretical writings of Jean Baudrillard, who concludes that what
motivates art historical change is not any 'authentic' or 'original' impulse, but simply fashion, pivoting on the desire for novelty, which he sees as an
organic and integrated process.
See also: Postmodern music
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