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The term "Post-Minimalism" was first used in reference to a range of art practices that emerged in the wake of Minimalism in the late 1960s.

 


Post-Minimalism
(See Minimalism.) Although minimalist art of the 1960s had a stripped-down, prefabricated look, striving to be free of content (free of allegorical qualities), ...

Post-Minimalism (Late 1960s): all media. This term refers to a varied approach to Minimalism which challenged the idea of art as static and durable. Eva Hesse is known for her malleable enabling the pieces to take on different dimensions.

The term Post-minimalism was coined by Robert Pincus-Witten in 1977 to describe minimalist derived art which had content and contextual overtones that minimalism rejected.

(See also Post-Minimalism). Stephen Michael Reich (born October 3, 1936) is an American composer. ... Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is a three-times Academy Award-nominated American composer. ...

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- Post-Minimalism (1971 onwards)
- New Subjectivity (1970s)
- London School (1970s)
- Graffiti Aerosol Spray Painting (1970s onwards) see also Graffiti Art.
- Transavanguardia (Trans-avant-garde) (1979 onwards) ...

Richard Deacon (English, 1949-), If The Shoe Fits, 1981, galvanized steel, 160.0 x 325.0 x 184.0 cm, Tate Gallery, London. See Post-Minimalism.

See also: Minimalism, Sculpture, Painting, Conceptual, Conceptual art

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