i think the only reason to applaud the postmodernists was their take on art. there’s some genuine novelty to the idea of endless interpretations and thought provoking ideas on a piece of work that has no definitive meaning - unless of course the artist declares a definitive meaning - at which point it becomes design. or not. I actually don’t know the societal rules around objectivity anymore.

for me, art has always been an escape from design which is synonymous with an escape from reality. it doesn’t need to function, nor does it need to serve a purpose - it just is. there’s truly no deeper meaning in my work beyond it being a manifestation of the objective world i’ve created in my own mind - and no matter how hard they try, that’s something the postmodernists can’t redefine.