Figurative art

Exhibition Neo Rauch , 2007

The term figurative art refers to directions of contemporary fine art in which people, living beings or objects are represented, in contrast to abstract art or concrete art . The representation of real objects is also known as figuration . The figurative painting after the Second World War is also referred to as New Figuration after the title of a traveling exhibition curated by Constance M. Perkins in 1969 .

literature

• New Figuration USA - painting, sculpture, film 1963–1968 , Kölnischer Kunstverein , Cologne, February 24th - March 30th 1969, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden , April - May 1969. An exhibition by the Smithsonian Institution , National Collection of Fine Arts , Washington.

Web links

• Definition on AcquestArte
• Figurative painting from 1970 - Art Directory