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    1. Neo Geo Sale The Neo-Geometric Conceptualism movement—originated in New York City’s East Village in the mid-1980s, but extended to artists outside the United States—was developed as a counterpoint to Neo-Expressionism. The works are characterized by a strong conceptual content and a cool, distanced approach. Combining found materials and Pop imagery, Haim Steinbach presents a satirical portrayal of contemporary culture in his mixed media sculpture, Pop Art I-1 (1990). Featuring a rubber mask of Bart Simpson flanked by ceramic breast mugs, Steinbach’s work comments on consumerism and the inundation of commercialism as is represented by banal objects. View the Neo Geo sale on artnet Auctions.

      May 02, 2012

      Neo Geo Sale

      The Neo-Geometric Conceptualism movement—originated in New York City’s East Village in the mid-1980s, but extended to artists outside the United States—was developed as a counterpoint to Neo-Expressionism. The works are characterized by a strong conceptual content and a cool, distanced approach.

      Combining found materials and Pop imagery, Haim Steinbach presents a satirical portrayal of contemporary culture in his mixed media sculpture, Pop Art I-1 (1990). Featuring a rubber mask of Bart Simpson flanked by ceramic breast mugs, Steinbach’s work comments on consumerism and the inundation of commercialism as is represented by banal objects.

      View the Neo Geo sale on artnet Auctions.

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