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Maximalism, the art of excess, was a response to the Minimalism of the 1960s. Artists took to aesthetically overloading their canvases and printing plates, incorporating numerous techniques, materials and colours into their works. ‘More is More’ spotlights the aesthetics of Maximalism’s key figures and their desire to fracture the traditions of Minimalism.
Maximalism shares its roots with Neo-Expressionism, another movement which countered the reductive Minimalism of the 1960s. By the late 1970s, artists such as Frank Stella, Sam Francis and Harold Cohen were favouring bold and diverse colour …