If postmodernism is objectively wrong, why is postmodern art so compelling?
- Modernism values objective truth and progress through reason, while postmodernism is sceptical of objective truth and focuses on subjective perspectives.
- But just because a modernist believes in truth does not mean they believe they know the truth about any particular topic.
- Modernism coupled with humility, as opposed to hubris, can sound a lot like postmodernism to a hubristic modernist.
- Good art is often vaguely opinionated so a postmodernist viewpoint in art can similarly look like modernism with humility.
- Subverting reality is aesthetically interesting and fun.
Questioning the truth about a topic often makes for great art and productive conversation alike, as opposed to questioning the concept of truth all together.