"Postmodernist and ‘remix’ techniques "

Post-modernism is the remixing of previous cultural contents and forms within a given media or cultural form. Using work from previous artists and styles, postmodernists reinvent the artwork. Using the idea “less is a bore” Dick Frizzell has taken the well-known character Mickey Mouse and portrayed his own ideas and upbringing into the art work

Recognized New Zealand artist, Dick Frizzell is said to be a "renegade pop artist". ‘He can be compared to artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Paul Hartigan, Ian Scott, and Andy Warhol’.  This piece of work, 'Mickey to tiki tu meke, 1997’ now a New Zealand icon, expresses the postmodernist Remix culture in our design culture today. Mixing the Maori culture to the old American icon television culture Mickey Mouse, gives an almost humorous take onto this pop art work print. Using the history of both cultures and such symbols that represent them, the highly commercial Mickey Mouse face slowly morphs into the Tiki, almost comparing the commercial ideology to our culture. 

Bibliography

Word Press. (2006, March 14). Humu kon tiki. Retrieved October 7, 2011, from Humuhumu: http://blog.humuhumu.com/2006/03/14/dick-frizzells-mickey-to-tiki-tu-meke

Wikimedia Foundation inc. (2011, September 14). Wikipedia Dick Frizzell. Retrieved October 7, 2011, from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Frizzell

Word Press. (2006, March 14). Humu kon tiki. Retrieved October 7, 2011, from Humuhumu: http://blog.humuhumu.com/2006/03/14/dick-frizzells-mickey-to-tiki-tu-meke