Abstract
The Phenomenon of Entropy in Postmodern Art
In the field of physics, the concept of entropy, which finds its place in the second of the thermodynamic laws, corresponds to disorder when a general reading is made. The equivalent of thermodynamic laws, one of the greatest laws of the universe, is that heat and temperature decrease over time. When we look at this situation from a social perspective, it is an undeniable fact that everything in the universe tends to decay and deteriorate. While we immerse ourselves in the world of objects in the world we live in, we are actually dulling our imaginations. In the following historical process, the enlightenment experienced on this subject has come to the fore in the field of art as well as in the fields of science and philosophy. Science, which develops with a sense of curiosity, has led people to explore and understand the universe. Just as this is an abstract orientation, grasping objects with science is abstract, and the works of art created are also abstract in the same way. After this abstraction, there was a tendency towards conceptual art, where the idea of the object instead of the object gained importance. The abstraction that is intended to be seen with postmodern art is complex, irregular works that focus on the concept rather than the object. In this article, it is aimed to establish a relationship between these works and entropy by focusing on how postmodern artists handle the concept of entropy.
Keywords
Postmodern, Entropy, Disorder, Conceptual, Abstract
