Art expands beyond traditional forms, embracing new media, global perspectives, and ideas that challenge how art is created and experienced.
c. 1960–1970
Nouveau Réalisme incorporated everyday objects and urban materials into art. Artists blurred the boundary between art and life. Assemblage and appropriation were key strategies. The movement responded to consumer culture.
Cesar Baldaccini
1962
Nouveau Réalisme sculpture made by compressing industrial objects.
Yves Klein
1961
Conceptual monochrome work associated with Nouveau Réalisme and performance.
Arman
1960
Assemblage of accumulated everyday objects, critiquing consumer culture.