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Minimalism vs Postminimalism - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between minimalism and postminimalism

is that minimalism is (arts) a style of art that emphasises extreme simplicity of form while postminimalism is any of various artistic movements that seek to move beyond the restrictions of minimalism.

minimalism

English

(wikipedia minimalism)

Noun

  • (arts) A style of art that emphasises extreme simplicity of form.
  • (music) A style of music that emphasises extreme simplicity of rhythms and melodic forms to achieve a trancelike effect.

    • Related terms

    * minimalist English words suffixed with -ism

    postminimalism

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Any of various artistic movements that seek to move beyond the restrictions of minimalism
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 5, author=The New York Times, title=Art in Review, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The unifying thread is a kind of magpie postminimalism , which invigorates familiar abstract strategies — grids, serial repetition, reductive forms — using materials scavenged from everyday life. }}

    See also

    *maximalism *(wikipedia "postminimalism")