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At Storage Loft (Jon Hendricks, La Monte Young, and Marian Zazeela in conversation)
1988 · cassette
Museum of Modern Art
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La Monte Young
American, 1935
Mixed MediaMinimalism
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None documented
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Institutional Exhibitions
137
Works in Collection
274
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4
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70%
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- • Minimalism
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La Monte Young is an American composer and sound artist born in 1935 who pioneered sustained-tone minimalism and experimental music in the 1960s. His work abandons traditional harmonic progression in favor of long, continuous frequencies and microtonal intervals, often held for extended periods to expose the acoustic and perceptual dimensions of sound itself. Young's practice encompasses both notated compositions for instruments and immersive installations using sine-wave generators, establishing him as a foundational figure in postwar avant-garde music and the development of drone and minimalist aesthetics.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 26d ago
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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