Dematerialization

= a conceptual shift, emerging in the 1960s, where the artist's personal, physical, or emotional presence is minimized, obscured, or removed, prioritizing the idea, process, or the viewer's experience over the traditional authorial subject; this approach often aligns with "postsubjective aesthetics," focusing on impersonal systems, documentation, or collective, ephemeral actions rather than expressive, tangible art objects.