Below is a glossary article post in the category N which discusses the explanation of the meaning, definition and meaning of the acronym, term, jargon, or termonology of New Generation Sculpture based on summaries from various types of sources (references) that are relevant, related, and trustworthy.
Understanding New Generation Sculpture
So, what is actually meant by New Generation Sculpture?
The new generation statue is a group of young British sculptors who worked in the 1960s, which experimented with materials, shapes, and colors with a common goal to clean the statue of the traditional base.
Explanation of New Generation Sculpture
The new generation is the title used for a series of painting exhibitions and sculptures by young British artists held at the Whitechapel gallery in London in the early 1960s.
The second of the survey in 1965 The new generation statue brought broad public attention by Phillip King, along with David Annesley, Michael Bolus, the Scott team, William Tucker and Isaac Witkin. The term ‘new generation’ is generally applied to their work. All of these artists have been taught by Sir Anthony Caro at the ST Martins art school in London and sometimes called the Caro School. In 1960 Caro had developed a completely new form of abstract sculpture using steel blocks, sheets and tubes, welded and bolted together and painted with bright industrial colors.
King and others immediately develop their own work, explore the basic vocabulary of sculptures and use additional materials such as plastic and fiberglass sheets. The new generation statue became the main phenomenon of British art in the 1960s.
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 N, as well as terms associated with N.
Meaning of New Generation Sculpture 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 = New Generation Sculpture.
- Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese translations); Terminology = Patung Generasi Baru (Indonesian), Patung generasi anyar (Java), and Solultur generasi anyar in Sundanese.
- Malaysian; Terminology = Patung Generasi Baru.
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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 N. This article wasupdated in Dec of 2025.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=new-generation-sculpture
- https://www.britannica.com/search?query=new-generation-sculpture
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