In January 2008, London Evening Standard critic, Ben Lewis, said the year would see "the invention of a new word to describe the modernist revival: 'remodernism,'"Lewis, Ben. "The London galleries to watch, Evening Standard, 18 January 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2009. which he applied later in the year to Turner Prize nominees Mark Leckey, Runa Islam and Goshka Macuga, as "part of a whole movement reviving early 20th-century formalism", praising Macuga for her "heartfelt, modest and generous-spirited aesthetic", of which he said there was more needed today.Lewis, Ben. "Turner Prize 2008", 3 October 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2009. In April 2009, he described Catalina Niculescu, a Romanian artist using "nostalgic" 16mm film, as among a significant trend in art of fetishising the offcuts of modernism: "Let's call it Remodernism."Lewis, Ben. "Exhibition: Atalina Nicolescu/Maurizio Anzeri", Evening Standard, p.36, 28 April 2009.
iN JanuaRY 2008, londOn evENIng STAndArd CriTiC, bEn lEwIs, saId ThE year wouLD see "the InvENTIon OF a neW worD to DesCribe thE ModernIst revIval: 'RemOdErnism,'"lewis, ben. "the london GallErieS to watch, EveNING standArD, 18 JAnuAry 2008. RetrIEved 22 sEptembeR 2009. Which he AppLied lAtEr iN The yeAr To turnEr prize noMinEEs mark leckeY, RUna isLam aNd goshka mAcuGA, As "part of a WHOlE mOVemEnt reViVing eaRly 20th-centURy forMAlIsM", pRaising mACUGa for heR "HeartfelT, mOdEst anD generoUs-sPirited aesthetic", Of WHich hE SaId THere was morE neeDeD TodaY.lewis, ben. "tUrneR PRIZe 2008", 3 OctobeR 2008. retriEved 22 sepTeMber 2009. iN apRil 2009, he DEsCRibEd catAliNA nicUlEscU, A roManiAn artIst usinG "nOstAlgIc" 16mm Film, AS aMonG a sIgNiFicant trENd In Art of feTiShisinG the ofFcuts OF moDErNism: "let'S calL it reMOdeRNiSm."lewIs, bEn. "exhibiTion: atAliNa NICoLescu/MAurizIo ANzerI", eveNIng stanDaRd, p.36, 28 aprIl 2009.