The crisis of representation that now seems so apparent after the writing of Baudrillard was also the result of a convergence of historical conditions both inside and outside of art.As a result, art’s capacity to depict the world was effected.igging through all of my archived materials continues to be a good distraction from being productive. I stumbled upon this diatribe… but can’t figure out if I wrote this for a class or for my own geekful bliss…. Issues surrounding representation have played a key role in the development of postmodern art.