History

Excessivism predisposition started to appear in the works of number of European artists such as a German-British painter Frank Auerbach, a Dutch born Belgian painter Bram Bogart and others from the 1950's. Auerbachs obsession to get it 'right' leads him to paint an image and then scrape it off the canvas at the end of each day, repeating the process time and again, illustrates that excessivism was part of his creative approach not only by outcome, but also by the process he employed. In the next decade Belgian artist Bram Bogart preannounced the Excessivism by experimenting with three-dimensional medium. Excessivism is the collective title that is given to artists whose works are based on Excessivism tendencies. 

On the September 03 of 2014 Excessivist Manifesto was recorded in the Library of Congress with registration number V Au 1-234-999 and on the September 28 of 2015 it was published in Downtown News weekly. 

The inaugural exhibition of Excessivism took place in LA Artcore Brewery Annex gallery with the title "Excessivist Initiative" curated by Kaloust Guedel. The Selection of the artists and works were made based on their demonstration of excessivist tendencies. 

The idea was conceived in the studio of Kaloust Guedel based on his personal realizations of his relationship as a consumer with the capitalist environment. Art historian and critique Shana Nys Dambrot states "Excessivism is a movement which in itself is contemporaneously developing and annexing. It has a founder, several early adopters, and a manifesto. This last reads in part, “The Excessivist Initiative reflects the capitalist system where excess is constantly encouraged for the sole purpose to deliver profit..." - The Huffington Post (HuffPost), Sep. 23, 2015. The concept was introduced to the Los Angeles art scene in November of 2014 in the Red Pipe gallery with a solo exhibition. It was titled Excess The New Norm. The exhibition was curated by art critic and curator Mat Gleason of Coagula Curatorial. 
 

The year 2015 marked the official establishment of the Excessivism movement  in visual art with three layers of foundation: 

1- Manifesto: registered in US Library of Congress and published in Downtown News Weekly 
2- Acknowledgment of the movement by historians first of which was published in The Huffington Post (HuffPost) Sep. 23, 2015 
3- The inaugural exhibition of Excessivistm as a movement.

By the 2019 Excessivism expended itself outside of visual forms into fashion and music.

MUSIC
In the January 19, 2019 British composer Larry Goves presented  "Larry Goves: Paraphernalia: material agency and musical excess (Sonic Materialities Lab)"  concert in a London venue.
2019 - Ranch Soil
2018 - Krolik

FASHION
In the early 2017 Excessivism appeared in fashion. An award winning fashion designer Ji Won Choi presented her Excessivism collection, which later was adopted by Adidas Inc. 

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