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What is Minimalism?
Minimalism wasn't a real idea - it ended before it started.
~Sol LeWitt
A school of abstract painting and sculpture that emphasizes extreme simplification of form, as by
the use of basic shapes and monochromatic palettes of primary colors, objectivity, and
anonymity of style.
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History/Background
• Primarily an American Art movement• Works surfaced primarily in the 1950’s and
1960’s– Often considered a reaction to World War II– Usually a response to the way the artist felt
about a certain issue rather than a reflection on the artist’s capabilities.
• GOAL: to allow the viewer to experience the work more intensely without distractions of composition and theme
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Transition from Abstract Expressionism
Bartnett Newman: Concord, 1949
Bartnett Newman: Be I (second version), 1970
Bartnett Newman: Genesis – The Break,
1946
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Traits
• Geometric
• Non-Representational
• Repetition
• Industrial materials
• Experiential
• Elimination of the Artist’s Hand
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Geometric
Madinat as-Salam I by Frank Stella, 1970
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Non-Representational
Untitled by Dan Flavin, 1973
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Repetition
Stack by Donald Judd
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Industrial Materials
Unititled by Donald Judd
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Experiential
Cigarette by Tony Smith
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Elimination of the Artist’s Hand
Wall Drawing No. 681 by Sol LeWitt
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Close Reading
The Marriage of Reason and Squalor II by Frank Stella,1959
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