Neo-Expressionism
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Neo-Expressionism is a late 20th-century art movement characterized by a return to intense subjectivity, vivid color, and raw, gestural painting, often featuring figurative imagery and emotional intensity in reaction against conceptual and minimal art.
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| Neo-expressionism | 3 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art movement
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painting style ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Neue Wilde ⓘ |
| artForm |
painting
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sculpture ⓘ |
| associatedWithCountry |
Germany
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Italy ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| characterizedBy |
emotional intensity
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figurative imagery ⓘ intense subjectivity ⓘ raw, gestural brushwork ⓘ vivid color ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Conceptual art
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Minimalism ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
controversial for its commercial success
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criticized for perceived regression from conceptual rigor ⓘ |
| curatorialContext | major museum exhibitions in the 1980s ⓘ |
| emergedInDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
expressive use of color
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individual artistic gesture ⓘ painterly surface ⓘ |
| gainedProminenceInDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| genreWithin | contemporary art ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Cold War era culture
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postmodern art ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Abstract expressionism
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surface form:
Abstract Expressionism
Fauvism ⓘ Expressionism ⓘ
surface form:
German Expressionism
Post-war European painting ⓘ |
| influencedMovement | contemporary figurative painting ⓘ |
| marketContext | international art market boom of the 1980s ⓘ |
| movementReactionAgainst |
Conceptual art
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Minimalism ⓘ
surface form:
Minimal art
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| stylisticFeature |
aggressive mark-making
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distorted figures ⓘ large-scale canvases ⓘ mythological themes ⓘ narrative content ⓘ personal symbolism ⓘ rough handling of paint ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| typicalSubjectMatter |
history and memory
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psychological states ⓘ the human body ⓘ urban scenes ⓘ violence and conflict ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
gestural abstraction
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impasto ⓘ |
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