Pastiche and Homage.

In class we have been discussing the Postmodernism terms Pastiche, and Homage. In many ways a Pastiche and a Homage can be considered the complete opposite.

A Pastiche is an imiation of previous work, for instance it that imitates and 'takes the mick' out of other pieces of work, for instance Symphonies by Dan Black is considered a Pastiche because he deliberately uses beats that artists such as Rihanna have used in the past, to let people that they are in fact quite simple and easy to create.

A Homage where is where you pay respect to previous work the work that you produce yourself. For example 'The Artist' has recently been given an endless amount of critical praise recently, and The Artist pays respect and signs silent films from the 1950's/60 as it's influence.