Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is set out to expose the essence, essentials or identity of a subject through eliminating all non-essential forms, features or concepts. As a specific movement in the arts it is identified with developments in post–World War II Western Art, most strongly with American visual arts in the 1960s and early 1970s. Minimalism is often interpreted as a reaction to abstract expressionism and a bridge to postminimal art practices. Prominent artists associated with this movement include Sol LeWitt, Ad Reinhardt, Nassos Daphnis, Tony Smith, Donald Judd, John McCracken, Agnes Martin, Dan Flavin, Robert Morris, Larry Bell, Anne Truitt, Yves Klein and Frank Stella. Artists themselves have sometimes reacted against the label due to the negative implication of the work being simplistic.
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Minimalism (visual arts) in the context of Post-minimalist
Postminimalism is an art term coined (as post-minimalism) by Robert Pincus-Witten in 1971 and used in various artistic fields for work which is influenced by, or attempts to develop and go beyond, the aesthetic of minimalism. The expression is used specifically in relation to music and the visual arts, but can refer to any field using minimalism as a critical reference point. In music, postminimalism refers to music following minimal music.
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Robert Pincus-Witten (April 5, 1935 – January 28, 2018) was an American art critic, curator and art historian. Pincus-Witten is recognized for having created the term "Post-Minimalism" to characterize a variety of concepts and methods that began to emerge in the late 1960s as a reaction against the prevailing, detached Minimalism.
In addition to writing for Artforum for 50 years, Pincus-Witten curated exhibitions at the Gagosian Gallery and was the director of exhibitions at C&M Arts (now Mnuchin Gallery). He also wrote several books, including Postminimalism, Eye to Eye: Twenty Years of Art Criticism and Postminimalism Into Maximalism: American Art, 1966-1986.
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Barbara Ellen Rose (June 11, 1936 – December 25, 2020) was an American art historian, art critic, curator, and college professor. Rose's criticism focused on 20th-century American art, particularly minimalism and abstract expressionism, as well as Spanish art. "ABC Art", her influential 1965 essay, defined and outlined the historical basis of minimalist art. She also wrote a widely used textbook, American Art Since 1900: A Critical History.
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