The postmodern years of plenty, pastiche, and parataxis are over. In fact, if we are to believe
the many academics, critics, and pundits whose books and essays describe the decline and
demise of the postmodern, they have been over for quite a while now. But if these
commentators agree the postmodern condition has been abandoned, they appear less in
accord as to what to make of the state it has been abandoned for. In this essay, we will
outline the contours of this discourse by looking at recent developments in architecture, art …