Redefining Man in Jason Taylor's Statues by Postmodernist Approach of Jean Baudrillard

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Assistant Professor, Art Faculty, Al-Zahra University, Tehran. Iran

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In contemporary times human beings have been at the center of all affairs and are among the subjects which have been largely studied and rethought. Contemporary art has also witnessed the evolution and enhancement of human-centered works of action and creation in recent decades. In modern times, radical changes in human meaning have occurred in the contemporary era, and new artistic methods have challenged human beliefs. From the point of view of Jean Baudrillard (1929- 2007), the realm of the signs has vanished seriously and there is no external reference to the truth. The purpose of the present study is to study the redefinition of human meaning in the works of British sculptor Jason Taylor with the anthropological approach of Baudrillard in the postmodern period. In his works Man is created as a pluralistic object-oriented, reality-shaped and hidden underwater model that is consistent with Baudrillard's theories. The hypothesis of the present study is the evolution of human meaning and its place in relation to the change of human social form in the contemporary era with emphasis on Baudrillard's theories. The content of this research is qualitative and is based on descriptive-analytical methodology and library collection method.

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Iranian Journal of Anthropological Research
Volume 9, Issue 2 - Serial Number 18
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March 2020
Pages 193-209

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