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Confessional Art
Confessional art is a form of contemporary art that focuses on an intentional revelation of the private self. Confessional art encourages an intimate analysis of the artist's, artist's subjects’, or spectator's confidential, and often controversial, experiences and emotions. Confessional art emerged in the late 20th century, especially in Great Britain, and is closely associated with autobiographical visual arts and literature.
Definition and Time Frame
The term confessional art was first defined by Outi Remes in The Role of Confession in Late Twentieth Century British Art, which ...
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