Robert Pincus-Witten in the context of Artforum


Robert Pincus-Witten in the context of Artforum

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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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Robert Pincus-Witten 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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