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.

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Generate an image of Neo-Expressionism (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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Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement ⓘ
painting style ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Neue Wilde ⓘ
artForm painting ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
associatedWithCountry Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
United States ⓘ
characterizedBy emotional intensity ⓘ
figurative imagery ⓘ
intense subjectivity ⓘ
raw, gestural brushwork ⓘ
vivid color ⓘ
contrastsWith Conceptual art ⓘ
Minimalism ⓘ
criticalReception controversial for its commercial success ⓘ
criticized for perceived regression from conceptual rigor ⓘ
curatorialContext major museum exhibitions in the 1980s ⓘ
emergedInDecade 1970s ⓘ
emphasizes expressive use of color ⓘ
individual artistic gesture ⓘ
painterly surface ⓘ
gainedProminenceInDecade 1980s ⓘ
genreWithin contemporary art ⓘ
historicalContext Cold War era culture ⓘ
postmodern art ⓘ
influencedBy Abstract Expressionism ⓘ
Fauvism ⓘ
German Expressionism ⓘ
linked to: Expressionism

Post-war European painting ⓘ
influencedMovement contemporary figurative painting ⓘ
marketContext international art market boom of the 1980s ⓘ
movementReactionAgainst Conceptual art ⓘ
Minimal art ⓘ
linked to: Minimalism
stylisticFeature aggressive mark-making ⓘ
distorted figures ⓘ
large-scale canvases ⓘ
mythological themes ⓘ
narrative content ⓘ
personal symbolism ⓘ
rough handling of paint ⓘ
timePeriod late 20th century ⓘ
typicalSubjectMatter history and memory ⓘ
psychological states ⓘ
the human body ⓘ
urban scenes ⓘ
violence and conflict ⓘ
usesTechnique gestural abstraction ⓘ
impasto ⓘ

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Expressionism → hasPart → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
Expressionism → influenced → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
Jean-Michel Basquiat → movement → Neo-expressionism ⓘ
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Kunstakademie Düsseldorf → hasNotableMovement → Neo-expressionism ⓘ
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Neue Wilde → relatedMovement → Figurative Expressionism ⓘ
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