# absence of clutter

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- Book: [absence of clutter](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-stephens/absence-of-clutter) ([absence of clutter.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-stephens/absence-of-clutter.md))
- Authors: [Paul Stephens](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-stephens)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6204-367-0
- Pages: 288
- Published: 2020-03-24
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

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...