What is kitchen sink realism?

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Q - What is kitchen sink realism?

A - Kitchen sink realism was a movement by a group of disillusioned artists in Britain from the 1950s and 1960s who focused artworks on everyday occurance and scenes. The movement was also represented in other art forms such as drama, literature, television and film. Artists somewhat described in the movement as social realists who painted scenes of domestic life and the banality of lower class existence.