John Adams and Minimalism

2. Minimalism was not confined to music. In what other art form did it become a major movement at approximately the same time?

The Visual Arts

During the 1960s, Minimalism also emerged as a major movement in the visual arts. Artists rejected the emotional intensity and dramatic gestures of Abstract Expressionism, instead favoring simple geometric forms, repetition, industrial materials, and a reduced visual vocabulary. Like their musical counterparts, Minimalist artists discovered that remarkably rich experiences could result from remarkably limited materials.

Jackson Pollock

Donald Judd