Was minimalism abducted by aliens working for the press? At the tail end of modernism we received minimalism, because near the tail is the region where not only shit happens but also where all… Topics: art movement, Donald Judd, minimal art, minimalism
Rococo style and art movement Although part of the jury is out discussing a misunderstood transliteration of the Italian ba[rocco], Rococo is a quirky French compound word believed to be… Topics: art movement, rococo
Zero art group and movement Zero is one of the more influential art movements to emerge after WW2. In its infancy in Germany it took its name from a magazine… Topics: art movement, German art, International art, kinetic, Otto Piene, zero art movement
Shock art defined – art of shock bent on shocking your YBA socks off Shock art is much more a type of contemporary art than a movement per se. In recent history it has been tied to the ‘Sensation’… Topics: art movement, Britart, concept art, contemporary art, shock art
Surrealism – the origin and characteristics of Surrealism as a movement If it is not Pop Art, then it is surrealist art that is the most pastiched and parodied of all art movements. Public nostalgia over Surrealism… Topics: art movement, breton, Dali, International art, Magritte, Surrealism, surrealist
DaDa or Dadaism Dada, a cultural phenomenon from between 1916 to 1922, was essentially dualistic. On the one hand it was characteristic for its Destructivism. On the other… Topics: art movement, collage, dada, Dadaism, merz, photo montage
Art Nouveau In the Life of Brian, Monty Python famously posed the question: what did the Romans ever do for us? In the same way, it might… Topics: art movement, Art Nouveau, European art
