Art Movements for Post Modernism
Pop Art (1960s onward) – Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid-1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States
Conceptual Art (1960s onward) – The term conceptual art came into use in the late 1960s to describe artworks in which the concept (or idea) behind the artwork is more important than traditional aesthetic and material concerns (what it looks like or how it is made)
Installation Art (1960s onwards) – Installation art is an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space.
Minimalism (1960s onwards) – Minimalism emerged in New York in the early 1960s among artists who were self-consciously renouncing recent art they thought had become stale and academic: its originality was depleted.
Photorealism (1960s, 1970s) – Photorealism is a genre of art that encompasses painting, drawing and other graphic mediums, in which an artist studies a photograph and then attempts to reproduce the image as realistically as possible in another medium.
Land Art (mid-1960s) – Land art was part of the wider conceptual artmovement in the 1960s and 1970s. The most famous land art work is Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty of 1970, an earthwork built out into the Great Salt Lake in the USA.
Graffiti Art (Late 1960s/early 1970s onwards) – New york styled, spray can graffiti art this is mainly focused on the specific letter-forms and is a very stylised, large-scale form of Calligraphy. Many other types of 'graffiti art' take over the streets from iconography, stencils, and stickers.
Neo-Expressionism (1979 onwards) – Neo-expressionism is a style of late-modernist or early-postmodern painting and sculpture and this emerged in the late 1970s.
Neo-Pop Art (late 1980s onwards) – During the early years of Neo-Pop Art a common theme was the use of animals in their art, especially in the work of Jeff Koons, Katharina Fritsch, Keith Haring and Damien Hirst.
Conceptual Art (1960s onward) – The term conceptual art came into use in the late 1960s to describe artworks in which the concept (or idea) behind the artwork is more important than traditional aesthetic and material concerns (what it looks like or how it is made)
Installation Art (1960s onwards) – Installation art is an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space.
Minimalism (1960s onwards) – Minimalism emerged in New York in the early 1960s among artists who were self-consciously renouncing recent art they thought had become stale and academic: its originality was depleted.
Photorealism (1960s, 1970s) – Photorealism is a genre of art that encompasses painting, drawing and other graphic mediums, in which an artist studies a photograph and then attempts to reproduce the image as realistically as possible in another medium.
Land Art (mid-1960s) – Land art was part of the wider conceptual artmovement in the 1960s and 1970s. The most famous land art work is Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty of 1970, an earthwork built out into the Great Salt Lake in the USA.
Graffiti Art (Late 1960s/early 1970s onwards) – New york styled, spray can graffiti art this is mainly focused on the specific letter-forms and is a very stylised, large-scale form of Calligraphy. Many other types of 'graffiti art' take over the streets from iconography, stencils, and stickers.
Neo-Expressionism (1979 onwards) – Neo-expressionism is a style of late-modernist or early-postmodern painting and sculpture and this emerged in the late 1970s.
Neo-Pop Art (late 1980s onwards) – During the early years of Neo-Pop Art a common theme was the use of animals in their art, especially in the work of Jeff Koons, Katharina Fritsch, Keith Haring and Damien Hirst.
Feminist Art – Feminist art is art by women artists made consciously in the light of developments in feminist art theory. This art movement emerged in the late 1960s amidst the fervor of anti-war demonstrations as well as civil and queer rights movements.