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date: 21 May 2025

Minimalism 

Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists
Author(s):

Ann Lee Morgan

A reductive form of art associated particularly with the late 1960s and 1970s. It emphasized highly simplified, usually geometric form, clear composition, clean execution, and impersonal appearance. Minimal art made use of grids, serial or modular organization, and machined fabrication to reduce or eliminate evidence of the artist’s role in producing the work or making decisions about its appearance. Like ... ...

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