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Minimalism1950’s to 1970’s
Minimalismor Minimal Art is a school of abstract painting and sculpture where any kind of personal expression is kept to a minimum, in order to give the work a completely literal presence. The resulting work is characterized by extreme simplicity of form and a deliberate lack of expressive content .
MinimalismThe central principle is that not the artist’s expression, but the medium and materials of the work are its reality. In other words: a work of art should not refer to anything other than itself.
Minimalism“What you see is what you get.” –Frank Stella, minimalist painter
MinimalismMinimal Art emerged as a trend in the late 1950s and flourished particularly in the 1960s and 1970s.
MinimalismIt is also referred to as ABC art, literal art, literalism, reductivism, and rejective art.
MinimalismIs defined as the concept of minimizing distractions from what’s truly valuable or essential;
MinimalismMinimalism finds application in many creative disciplines, including art, architecture, design, dance, film-making, theater, music, fashion, photography and literature.
MINIMALISM:
The RiseIn the 1950’s the dominant art movement in the United States was Abstract Expressionism. The expressionist artists seek to express their personal emotions through their art.
MINIMALISM:
The RiseA highly popular branch of Abstract Expressionism was called Action Painting. This was a style of painting in which paint is spontaneously dribbled, splashed or smeared onto the canvass.
MINIMALISM:
The RiseIn the early 1960’s, a new movement emerged; Minimal Art. The Minimalists felt that Action Painting (and as such, Abstract Expressionism) was too personal, pretentious and insubstantial. They rejected the idea that art should reflect the personal expression of its creator.
MINIMALISM:
The Rise Instead, they adopted the point of view that a work of art should not refer to anything other than itself . Their goal was to make their works totally objective, unexpressive, and non-referential.
MINIMALISM:
The RiseOne of the first painters to be specifically linked with Minimalism was (the former Abstract Expressionist) Frank Stella. Stella’s instantly acclaimed minimalist Black Paintings (1958-1960), in which regular bands of black paint were separated by very thin pinstripes of unpainted canvas, contrasted the emotional canvases of Abstract Expressionism.
Philosophy
Eliminate emotions, allusions, and meanings;
Create a single object;
Move away from illusions and alternate perceptions;
Experience reality more directly
KeyCharacteristics
Clarity and Simplicityof Form
No Narrative
No Anecdotal Content or References
Emphasis on Pure Shapes
Often monochromatic surfaces
MinimalistsFamous minimalist artists
Black PaintingsFRANK STELLA
Black Paint Internally Defined Self-referential Objects
Tomlinson Court Park1967
The Marriage ofReason and Squalor1967
Nunca Pasa Nada1964
Portrait SeriesFRANK STELLA
1963 Irregular Shapes Internally Defined
Self-referential Objects
Frank Stella,Installation at Leo Castelli Gallery1960
Valparaiso SeriesFRANK STELLA
Irregular Shapes Internally Defined
Self-referential Objects
Colorful
Empress of India1965
ValparaisoFlesh and Green1963
Real Materials Existing inReal Space1968
Large Stack1968
Untitled, 1970
Untitled (Progression) 1976
Untitled (Progression) 1974
Untitled(Progression)1974
Untitled, 1962
Essay on Sculpture1964
Map ofPoetry1966
Poem1966
Sculpture as a FormCARL ANDRE
Pieces usually consisted of wooden blocks
Always comprised of geometric shapes
Stands vertically
No complex shapes
Timber Piece (Well)1962
The Way North, East,South, West1975
Sculpture as StructureCARL ANDRE
Stacked units
More complex shapes
Usually stands vertically
Cedar Piece1959
Still Blue Range1989
Sculpture as PlaceCARL ANDRE
Less rigid characteristics than the other types of sculpture
Pieces spread across the ground
No definite size, shape or material used
The piece of art defines the space that it occupies
Copper Ribbon1969
Untitled1972
Floor Structure Black1965
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 #21997
Progressive Structure1997
Wall Drawing#1136
Wall Drawing#346
Wall Drawing#879Loopy Doopy
Wall Drawing #631 & #614
Wall Drawing#901
Splotch #32000
Acrylic on fiber glass
Splotch #222007
Untitled1969
Monuments forV. Tatlin1968
Untitled (for you Leo, in long respect and affection) 3, 1978
Untitled (in honor of Harold Joachim) 3, 1977
Untitled, 1968
Architecture
Church of the LightIbaraki, Osaka1989
(building’s exterior)
Church of the LightIbaraki, Osaka1989
(building’s interior)
Modern Art Museum of Fort WorthFort Worth, Tarrant County, USA
(building’s exterior)
Modern Art Museum of Fort WorthFort Worth, Tarrant County, USA
(building’s exterior)
Sumida Towerfamously known as“Tokyo Skytree”
Sumida, Tokyo
(building’s exterior)
Sumida Towerfamously known as“Tokyo Skytree”
Sumida, Tokyo
(observation deck)
Museo de al Memoria de Andalucia
(Andalucia Museum of Memory)
Granada, Spain
Museo de al Memoria de Andalucia
(Andalucia Museum of Memory)
Granada, Spain
Canadian Museum of Human Rights
Canadian Museum of Human Rights
The Difference betweenMinimalism and Simplicity(In one image)
CriticismLacking in the aesthetic qualities that art was normally expected to reveal, thus lessening the experience of the viewer.
CriticismMinimal Art blurred the boundaries between art and the every day, and so undervalued the art object.
Minimal Art TodayBy the late 1960s, Minimalism was beginning to show signs of breaking apart as a movement, as various artists who had been important to its early development began to move in different directions.
Minimal Art TodayHowever, critics agree that Minimalism formed a “crux” or turning point in the history of modernism, and the movement remains hugely influential today .
Minimal Art TodayIt’s everywhere!
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