“Marooned” by George Sakkal
Postmodernism contributed a wealth of cultural works and thoughts to the world throughout the 20th century, and art is one of the most striking manifestations of the movement. Behind the myriad of postmodern art forms of that century, such as Dadaism, Surrealism, and Cubism, is an art theory that drives the minds of the artists themselves concerning what art is and how art is made. Below is a deeper look at postmodern art theory.
The Postmodern Art Theory of Marcel Duchamp
The postmodern art theory is that art is procured from the conscious mind as opposed to the subconscious mind. One can point at an object and say that it is art, which explains the “readymades” produced by Marcel Duchamp, such as “Bicycle Wheel” or “Fountain.” Also called retinal art, these readymades come from Duchamp’s postmodern art theory that one could position existing products in such a way so that it became art. This art theory posits that the visual artist creates through conscious decisions alone, a process of creation through the eye rather than the mind.
The Problem with Postmodern Art Theory
This theory begs many questions, such as what art is, and how the artist really creates. The jarring readymades of the artists following postmodern art theory call into question whether art really does come from the eye choosing an object to become art rather than another source.
One should also recognize that an art theory is fundamentally just a theory, an idea unproven scientifically. Retinal art, the postmodern theory of creative methodology, came before the development of various scientific studies, including neuroscience, which studies the processes of the human brain. When looking at neuroscience, one can see that visual artists do not merely or fundamentally create fine art through the eye or conscious decision-making.
The Challenge of CUVISM
The neuroscientific research of collage artist George Sakkal shows that postmodern art theory is incorrect. Rather than purely making conscious decisions when creating visual fine art, one can see that it is the subconscious mind that truly drives the life of the artwork. Neuroscientific evidence shows that the human mind subconsciously takes information gathered through experience stored in the memory and pours it out into a visual, creative form.
This process George Sakkal has named CUVISM, Cognitive Unconscious Visualism, or Cognitive Unconscious Visual Creativity. Not another -ism, it is the name for the very process that happens in the human mind when creating fine art.
Explore the Art and Works of George Sakkal
CUVISM engages by way of a search and discover methodology. It totally rejects Postmodernism’s predeterminate readymade ideology; a conscious mind preconceived conceptual art theory, a theory and practice Sakkal has proven to be fallacious and damaging to the creative mind of all artists who subscribe to its use. To learn more about CUVISM, acquire George Sakkal’s 2015 book, CUVISM: Cognitive Unconscious Visual Creativity The Human Response, available at amazon.com, and his new book, WHOSE TRUTH– WHOSE CREATIVITY?, Why Postmodern Art Theory is a Cultural Damaging Hoax and How Neuroscience Can Prove This, A 21st CENTURY ART MANIFESTO. His new book is available at most bookstores and from Amazon.com.