Art & the Times

I think a lot of people are waiting for the Post-Modern era, but I think it has come and gone already.

I think the Modern Era was typified by Impressionism, and found its perfect expression with van Gogh.  And I think the Modern Era ended with van Gogh's extremely tragic suicide.

I think Post-Modernism is the only way to account for the success of painters like Picasso and Dali.

And I think Post-Modernism ended in 1980 with the election of Ronald Reagan.  What began then I can only call the Cartoon Era, which saw the rise of a comic-like reality.