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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Referenced by (7)

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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