Postminimalism

Postminimalism is an art term coined (as post-minimalism) by

Robert Pincus. It is used in various artistic fields for work that is
influenced by or attempts to develop and go beyond the aesthetic of
Minimalism. 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 kinship with tribal art and
sculpture. It is a style that evolved as a reaction to Minimalism. It is
characterized by an emphasis on process and conception over the
finished object, the demystification of the artistic process through the
employment of chance methods, and the use of nontraditional, ‘poor’
materials, such as latex and felt. Post-Minimalist artists pushed
Minimalism’s ideas of nontraditional sculpture-making that heavily
emphasized materiality while, on the other, imbuing the work with
expression and emotion, often having the artist’s process, actions, and
emotional state visible in the end result. Post-minimalist art uses
Minimalism either as an aesthetic or conceptual reference point.
Postminimalism is more an artistic tendency than a particular
movement. Post-minimalist artworks are usually everyday objects, use
simple materials, and sometimes take on a “pure” formalist aesthetic.
Post-Minimalism refers to tendencies such as Body art, Performance,
Process art, Site-Specific art, and aspects of Conceptual art. Some
artists associated with this tendency sought to extend the Minimalists’
interest in creating art objects that do not have the representational
function of traditional sculpture, objects that are abstract, anonymous
in appearance, and have a strong material presence.