Thursday, November 19, 2009

Research no.12: Neo Geo

1 part Op art
2 parts 80's day-glo
1/2 part 7th grade geometry
4 parts Completely awesome
Renders you.... NEO GEO.
(Thanks Tom.)
Neo Geo was a movement in the late 1980's that combined 1960's psychedelic patterning, Op Art from the 1970's and an interest in geometric forms. This conglomeration of movements has a variety of names, Also Fakism, Neo-Conceptualism, Neo-Futurism,...Neo-Op, Neo-Pop, New Abstraction, Poptometry, Post-Abstractionism, Simulationism," and "Smart Art. Artists working in the manner of Neo Geo include:
David Burdeny, Catharine Burgess, Marjan Eggermont, Paul Kuhn, Eve Leader, Tanya Rusnak, Laurel Smith, Christopher Willard, and Time Zuck.

These images are taken from Neo Geo, A new Edge to Abstraction, Edited by R. Klanten, S. Ehmann, and B. Meyer. Specific artists and titles were unable to be located. 




It was difficult to find more information on this movement as it shares a title with this...

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