Art Movements
Abstraccionism
– Abstract artworks, known as abstractions, are artworks without recognizable subjects.
Abstract Expressionism
– Also referred to as ART INFORMEL, in Europe. Abstract Expressionism was first used to depict the paintings of Wassily KANDINSKY, in the 1920s.
Arte Póvera
– Arte Povera or "Poor Art" is an art movement that started in Italy, during the 1960´s, as a reaction against the commercialisation of the art world.
Conceptual Art
– The essential element of Conceptualism is that the thought, rather than the object, i.e. the pictorial or sculptural form of the artwork, is the principal element of the artwork created.
Concrete Art
– An abstractionist movement that evolved in the 1930´s. Concrete art must be free of any symbolical association with reality.
Constructivism
– This movement is accredited for sculptures that are generally made with pieces of metal, glass, cardboard, wood or plastic and emphasize space over mass and "truth to materials".
Cubism
– Artworks that contain a subject depicted from multiple viewpoints. Objects are broken up and reassembled consequentially intersecting at random angles, creating ambiguous space and a disjointed sense of depth.
Dadaism
– Also called ANTI-ART. A movement that started during the World War I and is characterized by the disillusionment and anarchic revolt against the traditional values.
Expressionism
– Expressionism is a generalized term referring to artworks that emphasize the communication of emotions. Expressionist artists use colors, shapes and forms to express their emotions, in a personalized manner.
Fauvism
– This movement is distinguished by free, voluminous brushwork and bold colors. Subject matters were very simple or abstract.
Futurism
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Installation Art
– Installation art is an art movement that grew from the pop-art movement of the 1970's. It utilizes materials and media to change the way we, as viewers, experience a particular situation, thing or place.
Kinetic Art
– Art that contains moving parts, generally powered by wind, motor, or audience, depends on motion for the overall effect. Kinetic sculpture grew popular in the 1950´s and 1960´s.
Minimal
– Minimalist art refers to artworks, generally, paintings and sculptures, where the artist has reduced the paintings and sculptures to bare essentials.
Neo-expressionism
– One of the most recent art movements, Neo-Expressionism or NEO-EX is an international movement chrachterized by the rejection of CONCEPTUAL ART and the MODERNIST dislike for imagery.
Neo-Pop
– Pop culture images are the main source for neo-pop. Neo-pop is a movement of the 1980´s, not just to be considered an extension of the pop culture movement of the 60´s and 70´s because media images and the ways to use them have become very widespread.
Nouveau Réalisme
– A France-based art movement, founded by Yves KLEIN, in 1960, as a reaction against ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM, ART INFORMEL and TACHISME.
Pattern & decoration
– Also called P and D, Pattern-and-Decoration movement began in the 1970s, in an effort to challenge the existing taboo in the contemporary art world against the decorative arts.
Photo-Realism
– Also referred to as HYPERREALISM, SHARP-FOCUS REALISM and REALISM. Often linked to POP ART, Photo-Realism generally refers to REALIST paintings
Pop Art
– Pop art stands for the movement, POPULAR ART. Pop art is a term generally referring to artworks depicting mainstream culture and related icons, from celebrities to advertising
Post-Painterly Abstraction
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A term coined to a new movement deriving from the abstract expressionism favoring clarity moving with the innovation of time during the 1940´s and 50´s. The term was created by curator Clement Greenberg as the title for an exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Suprematism
– A movement focused on fundamental geometric forms that were inspired by cubo-futurist work, and mathematics. Created in Russia,1915-1916, by Kasimir Malevich.
Surrealism
– A dominant movement in fine arts, literature, film and photography, during the first half of the century. Surrealism was an outcome of DADAISM, with a psychological bent that resulted in the popularisation of Freudian aspects of sex, dream and sub consciousness.
Transavantgarde
– The Transavantgarde essentially refers to the Neo-Expressionism movement in Italy.
