Eccentric abstraction and postminimalism

Author

Morgan, Robert C.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Flash art. 1989, Num. 144, 73-81, 16 ill. (11 col.)

ISSN

0394-1493

Abstract (en)

Describes "eccentric abstraction", a term coined by Lucy Lippard in 1966 in an article and related exhibition of American sculpture, and its relation to "postminimalism" a term coined in 1977 by Robert Pincus-Witten. Discusses the work of individual sculptors, citing their relation to minimal art and to the search for content. Notes that what began in the mid-1960s as "eccentric" became established as post-minimalism ten years later.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- Sculpture -- United States
• Sculpture
• Abstract art
• United States
• 1900-2000
• Minimal art
• Lippard, Lucy Rowland, b.1937
• Pincus-Witten, Robert A., b.1935
• Post-minimalism
• Eccentric abstraction
• Writings

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- Sculpture -- États-Unis
• Sculpture
• Abstrait (art)
• Etats-Unis
• 1900-2000
• Art minimal
• Lippard, Lucy Rowland, n.1937
• Pincus-Witten, Robert A., n.1935
• Postminimalisme
• Abstraction excentrique
• Ecrits

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910701-00455286

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