# Reductive art

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{{Short description|Artistic style using simple materials and minimal details}}
'''Reductive art''' is a term to describe an artistic style or an aesthetic, rather than an art movement. Movements and other terms associated with reductive art include [Minimal art](/source/Minimal_art), [ABC art](/source/ABC_art), anti-illusionism, cool art, rejective art,<ref>Green, Jonathan. ''Newspeak: a Dictionary of Jargon'', p.155. London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984.</ref> [Bauhaus](/source/Bauhaus) aesthetic, work that emphasizes clarity, simplification, reduced means, reduction of form, streamlined composition, primary shapes, and restricted color.<ref>Maximalist Painting: "More is More", Essay: "A Reaction to Reductive Art" by Rachel Thornton, Florida State University Museum of Art. p 5,6.</ref> It is also characterized by the use of plain-spoken materials, precise craftsmanship and intellectual rigor.<ref>''[MINUS SPACE](/source/MINUS_SPACE): The Art of Reduction'', [P.S.1](/source/P.S.1_Contemporary_Art_Center) Newspaper, Fall / Winter 2008, p. 2.</ref>

==See also==
*[Robert Morris (artist)](/source/Robert_Morris_(artist))
*[Robert Ryman](/source/Robert_Ryman)
*[Brice Marden](/source/Brice_Marden)
*[Agnes Martin](/source/Agnes_Martin)
*[Robert Mangold](/source/Robert_Mangold)
*[Ivo Ringe](/source/Ivo_Ringe)
*[Ellsworth Kelly](/source/Ellsworth_Kelly)<ref>https://www.phillipscollection.org/blog/2023-10-23-ellsworth-kelly-sculpture-conservation-treatment</ref>
*[Carmen Herrera](/source/Carmen_Herrera)<ref>https://brooklynrail.org/2024/04/artseen/Carmen-Herrera-Paintings-on-Paper/</ref>
*[Michael Fried](/source/Michael_Fried)

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.minusspace.com/ MINUS SPACE reductive art]
* [http://www.patrickmorrisseyhanz.co.uk/ Patrick Morrissey and Hanz Hancock]
* [http://www.reductivemusic.com/ reductive music] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620104309/http://www.reductivemusic.com/ |date=2021-06-20 }}
* [http://www.saturationpoint.org.uk/ Saturation Point]

Category:Modern art
Category:Abstract art
Category:Contemporary art
Category:Reductionism

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