Tracciando le questioni e le preoccupazioni della prima generazione di artisti coinvolti nella fondazione del movimento, questa guida all'arte concettuale include un saggio che esplora le basi storiche dell'arte concettuale e la sua relazione con le estetiche dominanti degli anni '60, in particolare la teoria modernista di Clement Greenberg e dei suoi discepoli.
Founded as a backlash against abstract expressionism, minimalism was characterized by simplified, stripped-down forms and materials used to express ideas in a direct and impersonal manner. By presenting objects as simple objects, minimal artists sought to communicate without referring to expressive or historical themes. This critical movement, which began in the 1960s and branched out into land art, performance art, and conceptual art, is still a major influence today. Featured artists: Carl Andre, Stephen Antonakos, Jo Baer, Larry Bell, Ronald Bladen, Walter De Maria, Dan Flavin, Robert Grosvenor, Eva Hesse, Donald Judd, Gary Kuehn, Sol LeWitt, Robert Mangold, John McCracken, Robert Morris, Robert Ryman, Fred Sandback, Richard Serra, Tony Smith, Robert Smithson, Anne Truitt.