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Abstract Expressionism - Abstract expressionism is a post–World War II art movement in

American painting, developed in New York in the 1940s. It was the first specifically American
movement to achieve international influence and put New York City at the center of the western
art world, a role formerly filled by Paris

action painting - Action painting, sometimes called "gestural abstraction", is a style of painting in
which paint is spontaneously dribbled, splashed or smeared onto the canvas, rather than being
carefully applied.

assemblage - Assemblage is an artistic form or medium usually created on a defined substrate


that consists of three-dimensional elements projecting out of or from the substrate. It is similar to
collage, a two-dimensional medium.

Brutalism - is an architectural style characterized by a deliberate plainness, crudity, and


transparency that can often be interpreted as austere and menacing. It emerged in the mid-20th
century and gained popularity in the late 1950s and 1960s

color-field painting - is a style of abstract painting that emerged in New York City during the
1940s and 1950s. It was inspired by European modernism and closely related to abstract
expressionism, while many of its notable early proponents were among the pioneering abstract
expressionists

Conceptual art - also referred to as conceptualism, is art in which the concept or idea involved in
the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic, technical, and material concerns

earthwork - Art that is made by shaping the land itself or by making forms in the land using
natural materials like rocks or tree branches. Earthworks were part of the wider
conceptual art movement in the 1960s and 1970s

feminism - is a category of art associated with the late 1960s and 1970s feminist movement.
Feminist art highlights the societal and political differences women experience within their live

happening - is a performance, event, or situation art, usually as performance art. The term was
first used by Allan Kaprow during the 1950s to describe a range of art-related events.

installation - s an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and
designed to transform the perception of a space.
Minimalism - describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and
music, where the work is set out to expose the essence, essentials or identity of a subject through
eliminating all non-essential forms, features or concepts

performance art - is an artwork or art exhibition created through actions executed by the artist or
other participants. It may be live, through documentation, spontaneously or written, presented to
a public in a Fine Arts context, traditionally interdisciplinary

Pop Art - art based on modern popular culture and the mass media, especially as a critical or
ironic comment on traditional fine art values.

site-specific art -  is artwork created to exist in a certain place. Typically, the artist takes the
location into account while planning and creating the artwork.

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