SOCIO-CULTURAL MOTIVATIONS OF ART IN THE POST-MODERN PERIOD

Abstract

The social contexts of the art of the modern period left its place to a socio-cultural critical structure in the post-modern period. The development of a critical environment towards modernism in the post-modern period and sensitivity to the social, political, and cultural turmoil of this period were understood as the main reasons for this change. The social and cultural chaos environment, which is the product of the critique of modernism or the revolt against the hegemony of Western culture, has created a visible change in the characteristics of art. This chaotic environment included the main reference points that came to the fore in the artworks of post-modern artists. The socio-cultural motivations of the artists' critical attitudes are based on the divisive structure of Western ideals that lead to social and cultural turmoil. The new understanding of art, shaped within the framework of postmodern criticism and theories, has questioned the appearance of this divisive structure on social, cultural, and artistic grounds. This research aimed to focus on the socio-cultural motivations of post-modern art, which is characterized by critical attitudes. A literature review was conducted within the scope of the research method. Within the framework of the subject, the relevant sources were analyzed and the necessary data were used. The subject has been interpreted objectively. In line with the data obtained from the research, it has been emphasized that the socio-cultural character of post-modern art is shaped by criticisms of the distinctions between those who/which are central and those who/which are on the margins socially and culturally. It has been pointed out that all disproportionate divisions in the social and cultural context constitute the socio-cultural motivations of post-modern art.