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Article: Obituaries.(ARTWORLD)(Obituary)
- Article from:
- Art in America
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
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Jean Baudrillard, 77, influential philosopher and culture critic, died after a long illness at his home in Paris on Mar. 6. A prominent figure in French postmodern theory, Baudrillard is perhaps best known for his 1981 book Simulacra and Simulation, in which he observed a shift in contemporary society whereby true experiences and feelings are supplanted by simulated ones. He declared that the most widely accepted notions of reality are actually mass-media produced illusions serving the cause of consumerism. His writing had a direct impact on artists, filmmakers and critics of the 1980s and '90s, as his concepts were seen to be relevant to a wide range of works, from ...