Postminimalism
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Postminimalism is an art movement that emerged in the late 1960s, expanding on Minimalism by incorporating process, materials, and personal or conceptual content into often experimental and unconventional forms.
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| Postminimalism canonical | 13 |
| post-minimalism | 6 |
| postminimalism | 4 |
| Post-Minimalism | 3 |
| Post‑minimalism | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Postminimalism Context triple: [Bruce Nauman, movement, Postminimalism]
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Neo-Dada
Neo-Dada was an avant-garde art movement of the 1950s–60s that fused everyday objects, popular culture, and experimental techniques to challenge traditional notions of fine art and pave the way for Pop Art and Conceptual Art.
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Neo-Expressionism
Neo-Expressionism is a late 20th-century art movement characterized by a return to intense subjectivity, vivid color, and raw, gestural painting, often featuring figurative imagery and emotional intensity in reaction against conceptual and minimal art.
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post-painterly abstraction
Post-painterly abstraction is a mid-20th-century art movement characterized by large, flat areas of color, clarity of form, and a rejection of the emotional intensity and gestural brushwork of Abstract Expressionism.
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Deconstructivism
Deconstructivism is an architectural movement characterized by fragmented forms, non-linear processes of design, and a sense of controlled chaos that challenges traditional notions of harmony and structure.
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Postmodernism
Postmodernism is a broad cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement characterized by skepticism toward grand narratives, playful irony, and the mixing of high and low cultural forms.
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Target entity: Postminimalism Target entity description: Postminimalism is an art movement that emerged in the late 1960s, expanding on Minimalism by incorporating process, materials, and personal or conceptual content into often experimental and unconventional forms.
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A.
Neo-Dada
Neo-Dada was an avant-garde art movement of the 1950s–60s that fused everyday objects, popular culture, and experimental techniques to challenge traditional notions of fine art and pave the way for Pop Art and Conceptual Art.
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B.
Neo-Expressionism
Neo-Expressionism is a late 20th-century art movement characterized by a return to intense subjectivity, vivid color, and raw, gestural painting, often featuring figurative imagery and emotional intensity in reaction against conceptual and minimal art.
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C.
post-painterly abstraction
Post-painterly abstraction is a mid-20th-century art movement characterized by large, flat areas of color, clarity of form, and a rejection of the emotional intensity and gestural brushwork of Abstract Expressionism.
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D.
Deconstructivism
Deconstructivism is an architectural movement characterized by fragmented forms, non-linear processes of design, and a sense of controlled chaos that challenges traditional notions of harmony and structure.
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Postmodernism
Postmodernism is a broad cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement characterized by skepticism toward grand narratives, playful irony, and the mixing of high and low cultural forms.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
art movement
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contemporary art movement ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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United States of America
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| emergedInPeriod | late 1960s ⓘ |
| follows | Minimalism ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
anti-form tendencies
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emphasis on contingency and change ⓘ emphasis on material properties ⓘ emphasis on process ⓘ engagement with gravity and physical forces ⓘ experimental forms ⓘ focus on the viewer’s bodily experience ⓘ inclusion of conceptual content ⓘ inclusion of personal content ⓘ interest in process over finished object ⓘ often handmade or visibly crafted surfaces ⓘ often large-scale works ⓘ open or indeterminate forms ⓘ rejection of strict geometric purity ⓘ site-sensitive installations ⓘ use of everyday or industrial materials ⓘ use of repetition with variation ⓘ use of unconventional materials ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
emphasis on temporality
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engagement with space and environment ⓘ importance of making process ⓘ integration of chance and accident ⓘ skepticism toward industrial perfection ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Conceptual art
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Land art ⓘ Minimalism ⓘ Performance art ⓘ Process art ⓘ |
| movementInDiscipline |
installation art
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performance art ⓘ sculpture ⓘ visual arts ⓘ |
| notableArtist |
Alan Saret
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Barry Le Va ⓘ Bruce Nauman ⓘ Eva Hesse ⓘ Jackie Winsor ⓘ Joel Shapiro ⓘ Keith Sonnier ⓘ Lynda Benglis ⓘ Mel Bochner ⓘ Richard Serra ⓘ Richard Tuttle ⓘ
linked to:
Keith Sonnier
Robert Morris ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
impersonality of Minimalism
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strict formalism of Minimalism ⓘ |
| relatedMovement |
Anti-form
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Arte Povera ⓘ Body art ⓘ Conceptual art ⓘ Land art ⓘ Process art ⓘ |
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Subject: Postminimalism Description of subject: Postminimalism is an art movement that emerged in the late 1960s, expanding on Minimalism by incorporating process, materials, and personal or conceptual content into often experimental and unconventional forms.
Referenced by (27)
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“Contingent” by Eva Hesse
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Jim Hodges (artist)
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“Anti-Form” (1968 essay and related exhibitions)