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![Frank Stella
• Born 1936
• First minimalist
• Black paintings
• Portrait series
• Valparaiso series
• Ironic titles
“My painting is based on the fact that only what can be seen is
there. It really is an object […] you can see the whole without
confusion […] What you see is what you see.”](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/minimalismpowerpointfull-130414154949-phpapp01/85/Minimalism-powerpoint-full-4-320.jpg)
![Carl Andre
• Born 1935
• Close friend with Frank
Stella
• Influenced by
“constructivist” technique
and works by Ezra Pound
among other pieces of
literature
“Art excludes the unnecessary.
[…] I’m not interested in
expression or sensitivity.”](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/minimalismpowerpointfull-130414154949-phpapp01/85/Minimalism-powerpoint-full-19-320.jpg)
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- 1. Minimalism Objects; andnothing more.
- 2. Beginnings • 1960s • Reactionto Abstract Expressionism • Reduction Night Creatures Untitled, 1969 —Lee Krasner —Donald Judd
- 3. Philosophy • Eliminate emotions, allusions, and meanings • Create a single object • Move away from illusions and alternate perceptions • Experience reality more directly Artists • Frank Stella • Carl Andre • Robert Morris • Donald Judd • Sol LeWitt • Dan Flavin
- 4. Frank Stella • Born 1936 • First minimalist • Black paintings • Portrait series • Valparaiso series • Ironic titles “My painting is based on the fact that only what can be seen is there. It really is an object […] you can see the whole without confusion […] What you see is what you see.”
- 5. Frank Stella Black Paintings • Black Paint • Internally defined • Self-referential • Objects
- 6. Tomlinson Court Park,1967 —Frank Stella
- 7. Marriage of Reasonand Squalor, 1959 —Frank Stella
- 8. Nunca Pasa Nada,1964 —Frank Stella
- 9. THE MAIN THING WRONG WITHPAINTING IS THAT IT IS A RECTANGULAR PLANE PLACED FLAT AGAINST ATHE A RECTANGLE IS A SHAPE WALL. ITSELF; IT IS OBVIOUSLY THE WHOLE SHAPE; IT DETERMINES AND LIMITS THE ARRANGEMENT OF WHATEVER IS ON OR INSIDE OF IT. —Donald Judd
- 10. Frank Stella Portrait Series,1963 • Irregular shapes • Internally defined • Self-referential • Objects Carl Andre, Sidney Guberman, Leo Castelli
- 11. Frank Stella Valparaiso Series • Colorful Valparaiso Flesh and Green, 1963 • Irregular shapes —Frank Stella • Internally defined • Self-referential • Objects Empress of India, 1965 —Frank Stella
- 12. Donald Judd • 1928—1994 • Most Famous • Simplicity • Boxes • Stacks • Progressions • Industrial • Specific Objects “It isn’t necessary for a work to have a lot of things to look at, to compare, to analyze one by one, to contemplate. The thing as a whole, its quality as a whole, is what is interesting. The main things are alone and are more intense, clear and powerful.”
- 13. real materials existing inreal space, 1968 —Donald Judd
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- 19. Carl Andre • Born 1935 • Close friend with Frank Stella • Influenced by “constructivist” technique and works by Ezra Pound among other pieces of literature “Art excludes the unnecessary. […] I’m not interested in expression or sensitivity.”
- 20. Essay on Sculpture,1964 Map of Poetry, 1966 —Carl Andre —Carl Andre
- 21. •Before Carl Andremoved to sculpture, he was working with literature and philosophy •Andre was influenced by the works of Ezra pound •These poems came in the transition between literature and sculpture •The “poems” are similar to minimalist sculpture in that the content is not Poem, 1966 important, while the —Carl Andre physical structure is
- 22. Carl Andre Andre workedwith three types of minimalist sculpture in his career: 1. Sculpture as form 2. Sculpture as structure 3. Sculpture as place
- 23. Sculpture as Form •Pieces usually consisted of wooden blocks •Always comprised of geometric shapes •Stand vertical •No complex shapes Timber Piece (Well), 1962 —Carl Andre
- 24. The Way North,East, South, West, 1975 —Carl Andre
- 25. Sculpture as Structure •Stacked units •More complex shapes •Usually stand vertical Cedar Piece, 1959 —Carl Andre
- 26. Still Blue Range,1989 —Carl Andre
- 27. Sculpture as Place •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 Ribbon, 1969 —Carl Andre
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- 29. Sol LeWitt • 1928—2007 • Minimalist and Conceptualist • Repetitive forms • Modular forms • Seriality “The use of serial ideas became my vocabulary, which by using basic forms made a process of ideas.”
- 30. Floor Structure, Black,1965 —Sol LeWitt
- 31. K 1 23 4 5 6 #2, 1997 —Sol LeWitt
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- 34. Robert Morris • Born 1931 • Minimalist and Conceptualist • Outdoor art • Viewer involvement “Simplicity of shape does not necessarily equate to simplicity of experience.”
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- 38. Dan Flavin • 1933—1996 • Fluorescent lights • Wanted viewers to experience his art • Influenced by lighting at churches • Started with abstract expressionism • First experimented with found objects “It is what it is, and it ain't nothin' else... Everything is clearly, openly, plainly delivered.”
- 39. Untitled (Corner Piece),1969 —Dan Flavin
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- 41. The diagonal ofMay 25, 1963, 1963 —Dan Flavin
- 42. Untitled (site specificinstallation), 1969 —Dan Flavin
- 43. Fluorescent light timelapse http://flavin.pulitzerarts.org/#/installations/1/
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- 45. Criticism • Not thework of the artists • No skill • No meaning • Not beautiful • Not creative Equivalent VIII, 1966 —Carl Andre
- 46. Minimalism • Eliminate theunnecessary • Create a single object • Experience reality in the most direct way “Everything is still. Everything is repeated. Everything is obvious. The accumulation of facts collapses perception. The indicated sum of these simple series is irreducible complexity. And impenetrable chaos. They astound.” —Mel Bochner
Editor's Notes
- #13 “I want it to be simple; also I want it to be non-naturalistic, non-imaginistic, and non-expressionistic.”
- #20 “I want it to be simple; also I want it to be non-naturalistic, non-imaginistic, and non-expressionistic.” judd
- #30 “I want it to be simple; also I want it to be non-naturalistic, non-imaginistic, and non-expressionistic.” judd
- #35 “I want it to be simple; also I want it to be non-naturalistic, non-imaginistic, and non-expressionistic.” judd
- #39 “I want it to be simple; also I want it to be non-naturalistic, non-imaginistic, and non-expressionistic.” judd