Neo-Concrete movement
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The Neo-Concrete movement was a Brazilian avant-garde art movement of the late 1950s and early 1960s that emphasized subjective experience, viewer participation, and organic forms as a reaction against the strict rationalism of Concrete art.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Neo-Concrete movement canonical | 7 |
| Neo-Concrete art | 4 |
| Brazilian Neo-Concrete movement | 3 |
| Neo-Concretism | 2 |
| neo-concrete art | 2 |
| Brazilian Neo-Concrete art movement | 1 |
| Concretism | 1 |
| Neo-Concrete theory | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5568915 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Neo-Concrete movement Context triple: [Ivan Serpa, movement, Neo-Concrete movement]
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Deconstructivism
Deconstructivism is an architectural movement characterized by fragmented forms, non-linear processes of design, and a sense of controlled chaos that challenges traditional notions of harmony and structure.
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Nieuwe Bouwen
Nieuwe Bouwen is a Dutch modernist architectural movement characterized by functional design, clean lines, and the use of new materials and construction techniques in the early 20th century.
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Neoplasticism
Neoplasticism is an early 20th-century abstract art movement, closely associated with Piet Mondrian, that emphasizes pure geometric forms and primary colors to express universal harmony.
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Bauhaus movement
The Bauhaus movement was an influential early 20th-century German art, design, and architecture school and style that fused fine arts with crafts and industrial design, helping to define the principles of modernism.
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CoBrA
CoBrA was an avant-garde European art movement (1948–1951) known for its spontaneous, expressive, and often abstract painting style influenced by folk art, children’s drawings, and primitivism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Neo-Concrete movement Target entity description: The Neo-Concrete movement was a Brazilian avant-garde art movement of the late 1950s and early 1960s that emphasized subjective experience, viewer participation, and organic forms as a reaction against the strict rationalism of Concrete art.
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A.
Deconstructivism
Deconstructivism is an architectural movement characterized by fragmented forms, non-linear processes of design, and a sense of controlled chaos that challenges traditional notions of harmony and structure.
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B.
Nieuwe Bouwen
Nieuwe Bouwen is a Dutch modernist architectural movement characterized by functional design, clean lines, and the use of new materials and construction techniques in the early 20th century.
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C.
Neoplasticism
Neoplasticism is an early 20th-century abstract art movement, closely associated with Piet Mondrian, that emphasizes pure geometric forms and primary colors to express universal harmony.
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D.
Bauhaus movement
The Bauhaus movement was an influential early 20th-century German art, design, and architecture school and style that fused fine arts with crafts and industrial design, helping to define the principles of modernism.
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E.
CoBrA
CoBrA was an avant-garde European art movement (1948–1951) known for its spontaneous, expressive, and often abstract painting style influenced by folk art, children’s drawings, and primitivism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Brazilian art movement
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art movement ⓘ |
| activePeriodEnd | early 1960s ⓘ |
| activePeriodStart | late 1950s ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Brazil ⓘ |
| follows | Concrete art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | avant-garde art ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacteristic |
activation of the spectator
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anti-dogmatic stance toward abstraction ⓘ collaborative and interdisciplinary practices ⓘ critique of rationalist constructivism ⓘ dynamic spatial structures ⓘ emphasis on lived experience ⓘ emphasis on process over finished object ⓘ emphasis on subjective experience ⓘ emphasis on temporality and process ⓘ emphasis on the body of the spectator ⓘ emphasis on the here-and-now of perception ⓘ experimentation with new materials ⓘ exploration of affect in abstraction ⓘ exploration of space and movement ⓘ fusion of poetry and visual arts ⓘ integration of art and life ⓘ integration of time into the artwork ⓘ interactive objects ⓘ interest in phenomenology of perception ⓘ interest in sensorial experience ⓘ multi-sensory engagement ⓘ non-illusionistic space ⓘ non-object art concepts ⓘ open work concept ⓘ open-ended structures ⓘ organic forms ⓘ participatory artworks ⓘ phenomenological approach to perception ⓘ poetic abstraction ⓘ redefinition of the art object ⓘ rejection of impersonal objectivity ⓘ rejection of purely mathematical composition ⓘ rejection of strict rationalism ⓘ subjective geometry ⓘ use of color as experiential element ⓘ use of geometric elements with expressive intent ⓘ use of simple forms to create complex experiences ⓘ viewer participation ⓘ |
| inception | 1959 ⓘ |
| movementIn | visual arts ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Neo-Concrete movement Description of subject: The Neo-Concrete movement was a Brazilian avant-garde art movement of the late 1950s and early 1960s that emphasized subjective experience, viewer participation, and organic forms as a reaction against the strict rationalism of Concrete art.
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