postminimalism

postminimalism
postminimal, adj.postminimalist, n., adj.
/pohst min"euh meuh liz'euhm/, n.
(sometimes cap.) a style in painting and sculpture developing in the 1970s, retaining the formal simplifications of minimal art, but striving to imbue works with a broad range of meaning and reference and often demonstrating a concern with craft and a kinship with tribal art and sculpture.
[POST- + MINIMALISM]

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