Postmodernism - Lyotard/Habermas

I found that the readings in the handout, from Lyotard and Habermas, were pretty hard to grasp, but I would like to bring up some very interesting points that I thought could be used to compare and  contrast modernity and postmodernity, especially when looking at art and society as a whole from past to present and what the future holds.

I really want to focus this blog posting on the two lines from the Habermas reading:
1) "Our sense of modernity creates its own self-enclosed canons of being classic."
2) "Postmodernity definitely presents itself as Antimodernity."

I felt that this magazine cover's artwork can be used to discuss the differences between modern and postmodern. The art design strives to be different, unique, abnormal, and eye-catching. It is the opposite of what Modernist designers incorporated into their work, which is minimal and clean-cut. This art is postmodern in that it wants to distinguish itself far from modernity and the classical aspects that modernity holds. 

Again, this reading mentions the results of a period where "the attempts to declare everything to be art and everyone to be an artist" has had effects on the ways modernity and postmodernity function today in the world. I also feel that this statement relates back to Lyotard's theories in that he mentions the loss of an "aura" in the mechanical reproduction of art. I feel like in both readings, a certain part of art is lost as we move away from the past. I personally think change is inevitable and must be embraced in order to continue into the future, yet at the same time I feel it is important to take the time to understand art from all time periods and recognize the values and techniques that come along with past artworks.