What is "capitalist realism"

n. 1 (context arts English) A pop art movement that is an allusion to socialist realism. 2 (context arts English) A satirical reference to pop. (rfex)

The term "Capitalist realism" has several meanings or uses. It has been used, particularly in Germany, to describe commodity-based art, from Pop Art in the 1950s and 1960s to the commodity art of the 1980s and 1990s. Alternatively, it has been used to describe the ideological-aesthetic aspect of contemporary corporate capitalism in the West. When used in this way, it is a play on the term " socialist realism".