What does "neoconceptualism" mean?

A school of art of the 1980s and 1990s, characterised by appropriation and the rejection of traditional artistic methods and values, that derives from the conceptual art of the 1960s and 1970s.

Neoconceptualism

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A school of art of the 1980s and 1990s, characterised by appropriation and the rejection of traditional artistic methods and values, that derives from the conceptual art of the 1960s and 1970s. uncountable

Etymology

From neo- + conceptualism.

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conceptual art

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