process art

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Form of art in which the process of making is considered more important than the artwork produced. Unlike traditional artworks, process art often uses organic, impermanent materials such as ice, fat, wax, yeast, and grass. An artist sets a process in motion and often repeatedly applies the process, allowing the work to evolve. Process art developed in the 1960s and 1970s as a reaction against the formal, stable, and impersonal nature of minimalist art. Creators of process art include Hans Haacke, Jannis Kounellis, Richard Serra, and L Wiener.

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