6. Minimalism
or 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 .
7. Minimalism
The 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.
10. Minimalism
It is also referred to as ABC art, literal art, literalism, reductivism, and
rejective art.
11. Minimalism
Is defined as the concept of minimizing distractions from what’s truly
valuable or essential;
12. Minimalism
Minimalism finds application in many creative disciplines, including art,
architecture, design, dance, film-making, theater,
music, fashion, photography and literature.
13. MINIMALISM:
The Rise
In 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.
14. MINIMALISM:
The Rise
A highly popular branch ofAbstract Expressionism was called Action
Painting.This was a style of painting in which paint is spontaneously
spontaneously dribbled, splashed or smeared onto the canvass.
15. MINIMALISM:
The Rise
In the early 1960’s, a new movement emerged; MinimalArt.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.
16. 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.
17. MINIMALISM:
The Rise
One 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.
62. Sculpture as Place
CARL 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
102. Minimal ArtToday
By 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.
103. Minimal ArtToday
However, critics agree that Minimalism formed a “crux” or turning point
in the history of modernism, and the movement remains hugely
influential today .
Through much of the 1950s, the dominant art movement in the United States was Abstract Expressionism. The expressionist artists seeked to express their personal emotions through their art.
A 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 canvas
In 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 (source). Instead, they adopted the point of view that a work of art should not refer to anything other than itself (source). Their goal was to make their works totally objective, unexpressive, and non-referential.
In 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 (source). Instead, they adopted the point of view that a work of art should not refer to anything other than itself (source). Their goal was to make their works totally objective, unexpressive, and non-referential.
In 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 (source). Instead, they adopted the point of view that a work of art should not refer to anything other than itself (source). Their goal was to make their works totally objective, unexpressive, and non-referential.
In 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 (source). Instead, they adopted the point of view that a work of art should not refer to anything other than itself (source). Their goal was to make their works totally objective, unexpressive, and non-referential.
Also means Nothing Ever Happens
This is to pay homage to his three supporters Carl Andre, Sidney Guberman, Leo Castelli
Produced more than 1200 wall drawings in his entire career
Material: India Ink
Black & White Acrylic
India ink
“Splotch #22” is the last work by American artist Sol LeWitt (1928-2007). It is made of acrylic on fiberglass. (Photo: PaceWildenstein)
Tokyo Skytree is a broadcasting, restaurant, and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010 and reached its full height of 634.0 metres in March 2011, making it the tallest tower in the world, displacing the Canton Tower, and the second tallest structure in the world after Burj Khalifa.
Tokyo Skytree is by far the tallest structure in Japan and offers unparalleled views over Tokyo. On clear days you will be able to see Mount Fuji and beyond from either of the two 360 degree observation decks. But perhaps even more impressive will be the expanse of the metropolis in front of you - 30 million people going about their business. Seeing all of this through the glass floor of the deck is quite an experience! - See more at: https://www.insidejapantours.com/experience-japan/i-gen04-16/tokyo-skytree/#sthash.UQ7L2FOm.dpuf
We would like to make “the most beautiful building” for the Museo de al Memoria de Andalucía (Andalusia’s Museum of Memory) in Granada. The MA. A museum that wishes to transmit the entire history of Andalusia. As early as Roman times, Strabo described the inhabitants of Andalusia as “the most cultivated of the Iberians, who have laws in verse.”
We would like to make “the most beautiful building” for the Museo de al Memoria de Andalucía (Andalusia’s Museum of Memory) in Granada. The MA. A museum that wishes to transmit the entire history of Andalusia. As early as Roman times, Strabo described the inhabitants of Andalusia as “the most cultivated of the Iberians, who have laws in verse.”
We would like to make “the most beautiful building” for the Museo de al Memoria de Andalucía (Andalusia’s Museum of Memory) in Granada. The MA. A museum that wishes to transmit the entire history of Andalusia. As early as Roman times, Strabo described the inhabitants of Andalusia as “the most cultivated of the Iberians, who have laws in verse.”
We would like to make “the most beautiful building” for the Museo de al Memoria de Andalucía (Andalusia’s Museum of Memory) in Granada. The MA. A museum that wishes to transmit the entire history of Andalusia. As early as Roman times, Strabo described the inhabitants of Andalusia as “the most cultivated of the Iberians, who have laws in verse.”
In his essay Recentness of Sculpture (1967), critic Clement Greenberg, champion of the Modernist art of the previous decades, dismissed Minimal Art as a ‘Novelty’ art. He suggested that the ‘aesthetic surprise’ a viewer experiences on looking at ‘true’ works of art is long lasting and important, while the novelty item provokes no more than a momentary surprise that is ‘superfluous’
In his article Art and Objecthood (1967), art critic Michael Fried published a controversial and influential attack on minimalist sculpture. Unlike Greenberg who saw Minimal art as merely novelty, Fried saw Minimalism as Modernism gone wrong. He suggested that if the aim of Modernist work was to explore its medium, be it paintings, sculpture or poetry, Minimal Art had taken this investigation too far, and by referring only to itself undermined the distinction between art and non-art.
Crux-
Minimal art in our everyday lives
Notice- less details, more emphasis = more recognizable
Mostly on monochromes or neutral shades
Clean look
Mostly on monochromes or neutral shades
Clean look
Mostly on monochromes or neutral shades
Clean look
Mostly on monochromes or neutral shades
Clean look
Mostly on monochromes or neutral shades
Clean look