Explore: Irony In Art

technique, irony has also come to assume a metaphysical significance with implications for one's attitude towards life. The concept originated in ancient

artworks such as Irony of a Negro Policeman. The painting sold for $12.6 million at a Phillips Contemporary Art auction in 2012. The figure in the artwork—a

they both incorporate irony and extravagance. As a descriptive term, kitsch originated in the art markets of Munich, Germany in the 1860s and the 1870s

skepticism and irony. Furthermore, the separation of cultures is increasingly blurred and some argue it is now more appropriate to think in terms of a global

issues in society. Satire may also poke fun at popular themes in art and film. A prominent feature of satire is strong irony or sarcasm—"in satire, irony is

interpreter and cultural context that allows irony to happen. By way of example, she discusses visiting an art show in Germany where she missed the artist’s

the Socratic method, and also to Socratic irony. The Socratic method of questioning, or elenchus, takes shape in dialogue using short questions and answers

images of popular culture in art, emphasizing the banal or kitschy elements of any culture, most often through the use of irony. It is also associated with

Stansky notes the irony that the Fine Art Society of London, which had organised a collection to pay for Ruskin's legal costs, supported him in etching "the

the superficial novelty, nihilism and irony of conceptual art and postmodernism. The most contentious statement in the manifesto is: "Artists who don't