Absence of Clutter: Minimal Writing as Art and Literature

by Paul Stephens

An exploration of minimal writing--texts generally shorter than a sentence--as complex, powerful literary and visual works.

In the 1960s and 70s, minimal and conceptual artists stripped language down to its most basic components: the word and the letter. Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer, Carl Andre, Lawrence Weiner, and others built lucrative careers from text-based art. Meanwhile, poets and writers created works of minimal writing--visual texts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026204367X
• ISBN13: 9780262043670
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"