Below is a glossary article post in the category C which discusses the explanation of the meaning, definition and meaning of the acronym, term, jargon, or termonology of Capitalist Realism based on summaries from various types of sources (references) that are relevant, related, and trustworthy.
Understanding Capitalist Realism
So, what is actually meant by Capitalist Realism?
Capitalist realism is a movement formed in Düsseldorf in Germany in 1963 to challenge the influence of American pop art that dominates in the western world.
Explanation of Capitalist Realism
Capitalist realism is sometimes considered a German pop art because artists who are related to it are equally interested in the mass media and shallow. But unlike pop art, its cultural value is political, not economical, using post-German-war society as its initial point.
This movement was founded during the Cold War, and it is important to see the development of capitalist realism in relation to this. The eastern bloc has socialist realism and the West has pop art, both are basically the art of the masses. For artists who live in Berlin, a city that straddles the two artistic ideologies, capitalist realism represents their unique situation.
Artists related to capitalist realism including Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Manfred Kuttner and Konrad Lueg.
Moreover, as we have seen above, this term is one of a collection of dictionaries, acronyms, terms, jargon, or terminology in the field of arts that begins with an alphabet or prefix C, as well as terms associated with C.
Meaning of Capitalist Realism in the English, Indonesian (Including Javanese and Sundanese), and Malaysian Translation Dictionary
Apart from discussing the meaning and discussion of the definition, to deepen it further, here we also need to know what the word means in the English, Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese) translation dictionaries, as well as Malaysia (Malay).
For easy understanding, in this glossary post, we will explain it in the form of a list of translations of terms from various types of languages as follows:
- English; Terminology = Capitalist Realism.
- Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese translations); Terminology = Realisme kapitalis (Indonesian), Realisme kapitalis (Java), and Realisme kapitalis in Sundanese.
- Malaysian; Terminology = Realisme kapitalis.
Closing
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Footnotes
This glossary post was created by referring to the conclusions of the meaning of definitions from various authoritative relevant references such as Wikipedia, Britannica and several other sources such as MoMA, Tate, ModernArts, and so on. This word is one of a collection of terminology in the field of Art which begins with the alphabet or prefix C. This article wasupdated in Dec of 2025.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=capitalist-realism
- https://www.britannica.com/search?query=capitalist-realism
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