Post#12 Marlene Dumas

    Marlene Dumas would be considered to be an postmodern artist, in her artworks she combines human emotion to her pieces of art. She uses postmodern visual strategies to explain and describe what is present without speaking. Strategies such as text and image, appropriation, and hybridity complements her work. In "The Woman of Algiers" Marlene Dumas uses her creation of art to make a conceptual statement that is clearly shown. It gives the viewer their perspective on her art. This also relates to the feelings and expressions of its viewer's. Marlene Dumas is considered to be an postmodern artist.