Nouveau Réalisme

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art movement avant-garde movement

Nouveau Réalisme was a 1960s French art movement that embraced everyday objects, urban detritus, and performative actions to challenge traditional notions of art and representation.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
First Manifesto of Nouveau Réalisme 1
New Realism 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement ⓘ
avant-garde movement ⓘ
activeInDecade 1960s ⓘ
aim to challenge traditional representation in art ⓘ
to present reality directly in art ⓘ
artisticDiscipline installation art ⓘ
performance art ⓘ
visual art ⓘ
cofounder Yves Klein ⓘ
coreConcept appropriation of reality ⓘ
blurring of art and life ⓘ
critique of consumer society ⓘ
use of mass-produced objects ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
exhibitedIn Paris ⓘ
founder Pierre Restany ⓘ
hasManifesto Nouveau Réalisme self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: First Manifesto of Nouveau Réalisme
hasMember Arman ⓘ
Christo ⓘ
César Baldaccini ⓘ
Daniel Spoerri ⓘ
François Dufrêne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gérard Deschamps ⓘ
Jacques Villeglé NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jean Tinguely ⓘ
Martial Raysse ⓘ
Mimmo Rotella ⓘ
Niki de Saint Phalle ⓘ
Raymond Hains ⓘ
Yves Klein ⓘ
inception 1960 ⓘ
influenced Fluxus ⓘ
Pop art ⓘ
conceptual art ⓘ
installation art ⓘ
influencedBy Abstract expressionism ⓘ
surface form: Abstract Expressionism

Dada ⓘ
Surrealism ⓘ
language French ⓘ
manifestoDate 1960 ⓘ
movementType neo-avant-garde ⓘ
opposedTo lyrical abstraction ⓘ
traditional easel painting ⓘ
theorizedBy Pierre Restany ⓘ
usesMaterial everyday objects ⓘ
found objects ⓘ
urban detritus ⓘ
usesTechnique assemblage ⓘ
collage ⓘ
décollage ⓘ
happenings ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

School of Nice → artisticStyle → Nouveau Réalisme ⓘ
MAMAC → hasCollection → Nouveau Réalisme ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Realism
subject surface form: Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain
Nouveau Réalisme → hasManifesto → Nouveau Réalisme self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Manifesto of Nouveau Réalisme
School of Nice → influencedBy → Nouveau Réalisme ⓘ