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neoconceptualism

neoconceptualism noun: a school of art of the 1980s and 1990s, characterised by appropriation and the rejection of traditional artistic methods and values, that derives from the conceptual art of the 1960s and 1970s.

Noun

neoconceptualism (uncountable)

  1. A school of art of the 1980s and 1990s, characterised by appropriation and the rejection of traditional artistic methods and values, that derives from the conceptual art of the 1960s and 1970s.

Origin of neoconceptualism

From neo- + conceptualism.

Questions about neoconceptualism

What does neoconceptualism mean?
Neoconceptualism means a school of art of the 1980s and 1990s, characterised by appropriation and the rejection of traditional artistic methods and values, that derives from the conceptual art of the 1960s and 1970s.
What part of speech is neoconceptualism?
Neoconceptualism is a noun.

Words near neoconceptualism in the dictionary

  1. neocommunist
  2. neocommunistic
  3. neocommunists
  4. neocon
  5. neoconceptual
  6. neoconceptualism
  7. neoconceptualist
  8. neoconceptualists
  9. neoconcrete
  10. neoconcretism
  11. neoconcretist

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