Postmodernism may appear as the ultimate phase of
modernism; it expresses what may happen in
art after the
modernist project[?] appears to have ended. It is characterised by an ability to use a vocabulary of
media,
genres or
styles[?] as parts of an extended visual
language that goes beyond the boundaries of what is usually thought of as the modernist project. Postmodernism is, by its very nature, impossible to define clearly. Some of the best expositions appear in the theoretical writings of
Jean Baudrillard, who concludes that what motivates art historical change is not any 'authentic' or 'original' impulse, but simply
fashion, pivoting on the desire for
novelty[?], which he sees as an organic and integrated process.
