A work of art (in the broadest sense) that borrows and mixes artistic styles. In the programme essay to his magisterial account of postmodernism, Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (1991), Jameson, Fredric provocatively claimed that all postmodern art conforms to a logic of pastiche, which he defined as parody without purpose. That is to say, postmodernismâs purpose in copying previous artistic styles is neither to exalt nor critique, but simply to use them to create interesting new works. Postmodernism is compelled to do this Jameson argues because artistic innovation was effectively exhausted by its precursor modernism.