concrete art movement

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The concrete art movement is an abstract art trend that emphasizes pure geometric forms, colors, and structures, rejecting representation and symbolism to focus on the material and formal qualities of the artwork itself.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abstract art movement
art movement
aimsFor autonomous visual reality
objectivity in art
developedFrom De Stijl
constructivism
linked to: Constructivism

geometric abstraction traditions
emergedIn 1920s
Europe
emphasizes formal qualities of the artwork
material qualities of the artwork
focusesOn colors
pure geometric forms
structures
hasAlternativeName Concrete art
hasKeyFigure Augusto de Campos
Camille Graeser
Décio Pignatari
Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart
Haroldo de Campos
Hélio Oiticica
Ivan Serpa
Josef Albers
Lygia Clark
Lygia Pape
Mary Vieira
Max Bill
Piet Mondrian
Richard Paul Lohse
linked to: Richard Lohse

Theo van Doesburg
Tomás Maldonado
Verena Loewensberg
Willys de Castro
hasManifestoBy Theo van Doesburg
hasManifestoTitle Base of Concrete Painting
hasManifestoYear 1930
hasRegionalCenter Paris
Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo
Zurich
influenced Brazilian concrete art
Concrete poetry
Minimalism
Neo-concrete movement
Op art
isCharacterizedBy clarity of structure
geometric abstraction
impersonal composition
non-representational imagery
use of flat color areas
use of simple shapes
opposes expressionism
linked to: Expressionism

illusionism in art
rejects representation
symbolism
uses mathematical proportions
modular grids
systematic compositional methods
values clarity
impersonality in artistic process
order
rationality

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Amílcar de Castro influencedBy concrete art movement
subject linked to: Amílcar de Castro (sculptor)
Aluísio Carvão associatedWith Brazilian Concrete art movement
linked to: concrete art movement
Willys de Castro associatedWith Brazilian Concrete art movement
linked to: concrete art movement
Franz Weissmann influencedBy Concrete art movement
linked to: concrete art movement
Hilla Rebay movement Non-Objective Art movement
linked to: concrete art movement
Planos em superfície modulada associatedWith Brazilian Concrete art movement
linked to: concrete art movement
Christian Emil Marie Küpper influenced Concrete art movement
linked to: concrete art movement