On Utterance

Subject

The Subject is that which produces the Subject/Object Opposition

AND
The Negation of this Opposition in Being with the Object 

Object

The Object is both product of Subjectivity 

(Self-Consciousness AS Object-Consciousness)

AND

The Manifestation of Subjectivity

(The Being with the Object)

The Space of Conveyance

The momentary operation of all Subject/Object transmissions

wherein the Subject observes the Object 

(Self-Consciousness qua Object-Consciousness)

WHILE

being acted upon by the Object

(The Being with the Object)

which is to say:

The Object does not convey its Being (the Thing-Itself);

but the Subject’s Being with the Object

Utterance

An Object-mediated Conveyance between Author & Spectator

Art as Utterance

Art is centered on the Art Object

It is through the Art Object

that we have any concept of Art at all

which is to say,

Art is the coming-into-being of the Art Object

Due to our Subjectivity

(ourselves as Subject in Opposition to Object)

being mediated by our Consciousness

(our Consciousness as the relation between Subject and Object)

the Art Object comes into being

for each Subject

marked by their own Consciousness

So,

the coming-into-being of the Art Object

is the multiplicitous marking of all transmitting Agents

(its being in Totality)

but

as the marked coming-into-being of the Object

is the Object mediated by Consciousness,

in the conscious engagement of each Subject

the marked Object proxies for the Object as it exists in the Totality

While each Subject perceives only their own marking of the Art Object

their individual markings are subsumed in the Totality of the Art Object

The Art Object in Totality is the Art Object Engaged

So, 

the Subjective engagement with the Art Object reflects the Totality

in revealing the Subject's marking of the Art Object

likewise

The revealing of the Subject's marking of the Art Object 

is the reflection of the Subject in Totality

The Subject is subsumed in the Totality

for the Totality is, in being Total, all-inclusive

and thereby,

reflects both the Subject and not the Subject

or

the Subject's being and not-being

The Subject in engaging Art

engages itself and its negation

and the negation negates

the Subject is annihilated

Art is the annihilation of the Subject

by the nature of its being

a reflection of the Totality

Given That:

Minimalist Art

Minimalist Art is the annihilation of the Subject

(by the nature of its being a reflection of the Totality)

through the most minimal expression available to both Artist and Spectator

I believe material reality is the Totality of Being

which is to say

The most minimal expression of Material Reality is its Being

(The Thing-Itself)

The Minimalist Art Object is thus

the expression of its Being in Material Reality

because

The most-minimal expression shared by both Artist and Spectator

is the Being of the Minimalist Art Object in its Material Reality

As such

the Minimalist Art Object is Art

by its annihilation of the Subject

through reflecting the Totality

by its Being in the Material Reality

Every Subject in engaging the Minimalist Art Object

is annihilated by the minimalist expression of (its) Material Reality

as it exists in (its) Totality

The Totality of each Subject's engagement

with the Minimalist Art Object

is (their) Being in Material Reality