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The purpose of this newsletter is mainly to feature minimalist art and sometimes, abstract expressionism - the two go hand-in-hand. The artwork featured here either uses a minimal of techniques, equipment, resources, post-processing effects or a minimal of colours/subject to produce powerful, unique and beautiful results -- hence the saying, "less is more."


dictionary.com definition :

min·i·mal·ism (mĭn'ə-mə-lĭz'əm) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. A school of abstract painting and sculpture that emphasizes extreme simplification of form, as by the use of basic shapes and monochromatic palettes of primary colors, objectivity, and anonymity of style. Also called ABC art, minimal art, reductivism, rejective art.
2. Use of the fewest and barest essentials or elements, as in the arts, literature, or design.
3. Music A school or mode of contemporary music marked by extreme simplification of rhythms, patterns, and harmonies, prolonged chordal or melodic repetitions, and often a trancelike effect.