As with all cultural artifacts, post-modern art can be interpreted however the viewer sees fit. If we desire an object to be looked upon with a chortle of being in on the joke, we can. However, I fear this would be discrediting the contributions that post-modernism continues to make upon our society.
Post-modernism can offer us an objective lens through which to view our world. TV shows about TV, books about books, objects that are self aware and self reflective - these things all allow for a measure of distance simultaneous with intimacy when the true nature of these things are questioned. In this sense post-modernism is both reactive and progressive, at the same time moving us forward and making us reflect.
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