1970s–1980s
Transavanguardia
Representative work: Figure Looking Out by Sandro Chia
An Italian art movement of the late 1970s and 1980s that rejected conceptualism in favor of a return to painting, myth, and emotion. Coined by critic Achille Bonito Oliva. Key figures include Francesco Clemente, Enzo Cucchi, and Sandro Chia.
3 artists in the Watts Index database
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Key Exhibitions
Exhibitions featuring Transavanguardia artists.
For 20 Years: Editions Schellmann
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Nov 1989 – Mar 1990
1 artist from this movement
Contemporary Print Acquisitions, 1986�1988
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Mar 1988 – Jul 1988
1 artist from this movement
Naked/Nude: Contemporary Prints
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Jul 1986 – Dec 1986
1 artist from this movement
Contemporary Works from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Apr 1986 – Oct 1986
1 artist from this movement
Recent Acquisitions: Contemporary Prints
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Feb 1986 – Jul 1986
1 artist from this movement
American Prints: 1900�1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Dec 1985 – May 1986
1 artist from this movement
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Related Movements
Movements that share artists with Transavanguardia.
Movement
- Name
- Transavanguardia
- Period
- 1970s–1980s
- Artists
- 3
- Wikidata
- Q224885
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