nouveau réalisme en · NOUN
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French nouveau réalisme (literally “new realism”).
Meanings
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(uncountable) An art movement founded in Europe in 1960, characterized by a return to "reality" in opposition to abstract and figurative painting; the creation of collages and assemblages incorporating real-world objects; and the use and critique of mass-produced commercial objects, akin to American pop art.
She opened her first gallery in 1959 in the Westwood section of Los Angeles, exhibiting examples of Nouveau Réalisme from France and giving Mr. Rauschenberg his initial Los Angeles exposure in 1962, when she showed his innovative “combine” works, hybrids that merged painting and three-dimensional objects.
2022 September 18, Neil Genzlinger, “Virginia Dwan, Behind-the-Scenes Force in the Art World, Dies at 90”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2022:
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