Styles & Periods

• Artists
• Styles & Periods
• Associations
• Glossary
• Projects
• Purchase Guides

Postminimalism

Postminimalism was first used as a term in 1971 to describe the reaction of artists against the timelessness of Minimalism. Artists of Postminimalism can work within the disciplines of Earthworks, Performance Art, Conceptual Art and Process Art. Generally, there is a reintroduction of the hand of the artist and a rejection of commercialism in Postminimalism. Sculptor Eva Hesse was the first artist to be referred to as Postminimal. Her work emphasizes the handmade and objects that are unique and symbolic. These aspects can be applied to the art of many other Postminimal artists who invested in the importance of forms that both symbolically referred to other images and maintained the purity of shape prevalent in Minimalism.

Feeling inspired? Try out these fine products…

From $1.46 Lumograph Pencils (Each) by Staedtler High quality drawing pencils	Up to 55% Off Gray Scale Pad by Strathmore Great for value studies	At Least 29% Off Flashe Vinyl Paint Set by Lefranc & Bourgeois Intense, uniform, and opaque vinyl based paint
Up to 46% Off Stonehenge Drawing Pads by Rising Flawless vellum surface	At Least -1% Off Premier Themed Colored Pencil Set by Prismacolor All the pencils you'll ever need in convenient themed sets.	Up to 32% Off 9000 Graphite Sketch Pencil Sets by Faber-Castell Superior artist-grade leads