Postmodernism and the commodification of art

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This new reality becomes hegemony, becomes modern. So do postmodernists need to evolve to stay ahead of the ever-changing modernism that they help create? Is the purpose of postmodernism only to engage modernism in some sort of power struggle? This is, of course, only my own speculation...
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Everything fits into a system; an industry linked with the economy. Culture is produced in the same way as light bulbs and toilet paper. The media is a tool in maintaining this industry of culture. The general public is manipulated and become unable to criticize their society...
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