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Why minimalism: A history, practice and industry

Life Examined

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The Rise of Minimalist Art in the US

I feel like for a lot of people, they identify with a Thoreau-like version of minimalism because it feels a little more secular. I think I would talk about where minimalism literally comes from, which is the minimalist artists in the 1960s in New York. And I think those minimalist artists, even though they didn't agree with the label of minimalism, were making a virtue out of simplicity.

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