This slideshow was created as an introduction to a Year 9 unit on Abstract Expressionism, it was designed as a starting point for further research into specific artists of the movement and its wider influences. It was also designed as a starting point into a practical exercise recreating the 'sentiment' of AE without necessarily reproducing the 'methods'. It needs editing.
This slideshow was created as an introduction to a Year 9 unit on Abstract Expressionism, it was designed as a starting point for further research into specific artists of the movement and its wider influences. It was also designed as a starting point into a practical exercise recreating the 'sentiment' of AE without necessarily reproducing the 'methods'. It needs editing.
"MINIMALISM" is an art movement started in 1960's and early 70's post world war-2.
the art form derived from reductive aspects of "post modernism" and is subjected to reduce to necessary elements only.
shows the trend in design, architecture and art during the movement and work of the various artist related to the movement.
So trendy, so hot topic. Pity many misunderstand minimalist design basics, don't get the core of the subject. I tried to show the roots and influences, shed the light by decomposing minimalist design principles one by one
Minimalism Art Movement - Art Appreciation
A brief overview of the art movement that took place in New York, early 1960s. This movement is apparently a blatant rejection of abstract expressionism.
A brief introduction to abstraction in twentieth century photography featuring work by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Aaron Siskind, Harry Callahan and Ralph Eugene Meatyard.
1. Donald Judd
June 3, 1928-February 12, 1994
Judd helped find the minimalist movement. Primarly used box
shaped structures thought his career. He felt art went beyond
the artist feelings.
He began his career in the early 60’s and later went on to
criticism art of the time and he went on to create art the
he felt was disconnected the artist personal views and the
art should be just appreciated for what it is.
2. In his later years leading up to his death he created
many pieces that were large structures made of copper
and brass with smooth features.
Judd helped revolutionize modern sculpting by bring
in basic shapes, space and simple colors into focus.
3. Dan Flavin
April 1, 1933 - November 29,
1996
At the start of his career he showed
early interest in fluorescent lights
and other light fixtures
First major piece was icon V
(Coran's Broadway Flesh), 1962. A
brown boc with lights along the
sides.
4. “The radiant tube and the shadow cast by its supporting pan seemed
ironic enough to hold alone. There was literally no need to compose this
system definitively; it seemed to sustain itself
directly, dynamically, dramatically in my workroom wall—a buoyant
and insistent gaseous image which, through brilliance, somewhat
betrayed its physical presence into approximate invisibility.”
To Flavin the object and light created form the tubes
were able to stand alone as art and preceded to make
more work involving tubes and how the light effects the
5. Criticism
To many folks minimalism isn’t very well reserved. It is
sometime labeled as lazy, lifeless or just plain dull.
But the goal of minimalist artist isn’t to be flashy over
expressive. Minimalism is meant to be looked at for
simple what it is. Not what the artist could have been
thinking when they made it. It’s meant to push was
art can be defined as.