Post-minimalism

Meaning after Minimalism, the term refers to a movement beginning the late 1960s that was a general reaction of artists against Minimalism and its closed geometric forms and had somewhat more content, or open forms, than content-free Minimalism. "Artforum" writer, Robert Pincus-Witten coined the term in an article he wrote about Eva Hesse, which was published in the November, 1971 issue. Other artists categorized as Post-Minimalist are Richard Serra, Martin Puryear, Joel Shapiro and Tony Cragg. Sources: www.artlex.com/ArtLex/Pon.html; Guggenheim Collection Online, www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online (LPD)<br><br>Although minimalist art of the 1960s had a stripped-down, prefabricated look, striving to be free of content (free of allegorical qualities), art with minimalist tendencies from the 1970s onward typically became more content-laden. The term Post-Minimalism was coined by Robert Pincus-Witten in Artforum, November, 1971, "Eva Hesse: Post-Minimalism into Sublime." Pincus-Witten pointed out the more embellished and pictorial approach Richard Serra took in his cast-lead pieces, and Eva Hesse in her pliable hangings.