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Neo-expressionism

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Neo-expressionism is a noun meaning (art) A style of late modernist or early postmodern painting and sculpture that emerged in the late 1970s as a reaction against the minimal and conceptual art of that time, and was characterized by intense subjectivity and rough handling of materials.

Meaning

(art) A style of late modernist or early postmodern painting and sculpture that emerged in the late 1970s as a reaction against the minimal and conceptual art of that time, and was characterized by intense subjectivity and rough handling of materials.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include neo-futurism, expressionism, postimpressionism, neofuturism, concretism, cubism.

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