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.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Neo-Expressionism canonical | 16 |
| Neo-expressionism | 13 |
| neo-expressionism | 3 |
| American Neo-Expressionism | 1 |
| Figurative Expressionism | 1 |
| German Neo-Expressionism | 1 |
| Neo-Expressionist painters | 1 |
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Target entity: Neo-Expressionism Context triple: [Expressionism, hasPart, Neo-Expressionism]
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Abstract expressionism
Abstract expressionism is a post–World War II art movement, centered in New York, characterized by large-scale, gestural, and emotionally charged painting that emphasizes spontaneous, expressive brushwork and the artist’s inner psyche.
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Expressionism
Expressionism is an early 20th-century modernist art movement characterized by the intense, subjective distortion of reality to convey emotional experience rather than physical accuracy.
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Action painting
Action painting is an abstract expressionist style of painting characterized by spontaneous, dynamic brushwork and the physical act of painting as an essential aspect of the artwork.
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Surrealism
Surrealism is a 20th-century artistic and literary movement that sought to unlock the unconscious mind and depict dreamlike, illogical scenes to challenge rational thought and conventional reality.
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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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Neo-Expressionism Target entity description: 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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A.
Abstract expressionism
Abstract expressionism is a post–World War II art movement, centered in New York, characterized by large-scale, gestural, and emotionally charged painting that emphasizes spontaneous, expressive brushwork and the artist’s inner psyche.
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B.
Expressionism
Expressionism is an early 20th-century modernist art movement characterized by the intense, subjective distortion of reality to convey emotional experience rather than physical accuracy.
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C.
Action painting
Action painting is an abstract expressionist style of painting characterized by spontaneous, dynamic brushwork and the physical act of painting as an essential aspect of the artwork.
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D.
Surrealism
Surrealism is a 20th-century artistic and literary movement that sought to unlock the unconscious mind and depict dreamlike, illogical scenes to challenge rational thought and conventional reality.
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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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| 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
ⓘ
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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Referenced by (36)
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