![]() ![]() There is nothing else in his painting." These reductive works were in sharp contrast to the energy-filled and apparently highly subjective and emotionally charged paintings of Willem de Kooning or Franz Kline and, in terms of precedent among the previous generation of abstract expressionists, leaned more toward the less gestural, often somber, color field paintings of Barnett Newman and Mark Rothko. Frank Stella has found it necessary to paint stripes. In the show catalog, Carl Andre noted, "Art excludes the unnecessary. The decisions about structures on the front surface of the canvas were therefore not entirely subjective, but pre-conditioned by a "given" feature of the physical construction of the support. The width of the stripes in Stellas's pinstripe paintings were determined by the dimensions of the lumber used for stretchers, visible as the depth of the painting when viewed from the side, used to construct the supportive chassis upon which the canvas was stretched. One of the first artists specifically associated with minimalism was the painter Frank Stella, whose early "pinstripe" paintings were included in the 1959 show, 16 Americans, organized by Dorothy Miller at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In general, minimalism's features included geometric, often cubic forms purged of much metaphor, equality of parts, repetition, neutral surfaces, and industrial materials. In contrast to the previous decade's more subjective abstract expressionists, some minimalists explicitly stated that their art was not about self-expression, theirs was 'objective'. Paintings įrank Stella, Die Fahne Hoch!, 1959, Whitney Museum of American Art Minimalism was also a reaction against the painterly subjectivity of abstract expressionism that had been dominant in the New York School during the 1940s and 1950s. Minimal art is also inspired in part by the paintings of Barnett Newman, Ad Reinhardt, Josef Albers, and the works of artists as diverse as Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, Giorgio Morandi, and others. The European roots of minimalism are found in the geometric abstractions of painters associated with the Bauhaus, in the works of Kazimir Malevich, Piet Mondrian and other artists associated with the De Stijl movement, and the Russian Constructivist movement, and in the work of the Romanian sculptor Constantin Brâncuși. In the wake of those exhibitions and a few others the art movement called minimal art emerged. Guggenheim Museum curated by Lawrence Alloway also in 1966 that showcased geometric abstraction in the American art world via shaped canvas, color field, and hard-edge painting. In addition there were two seminal and influential museum exhibitions: Primary Structures: Younger American and British Sculpture shown from April 27 to Jat the Jewish Museum in New York, organized by the museum's Curator of Painting and Sculpture, Kynaston McShine and Systemic Painting, at the Solomon R. ![]() Judd's sculpture was showcased in 1964 at the Green Gallery in Manhattan as were Flavin's first fluorescent light works, while other leading Manhattan galleries like the Leo Castelli Gallery and the Pace Gallery also began to showcase artists focused on geometric abstraction. Initially minimal art appeared in New York in the 60s as new and older artists moved toward geometric abstraction exploring via painting in the cases of Frank Stella, Kenneth Noland, Al Held, Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Ryman and others and sculpture in the works of various artists including David Smith, Anthony Caro, Tony Smith, Sol LeWitt, Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd and others. Minimalism in visual art, generally referred to as "minimal art", literalist art, and ABC Art emerged in New York in the early 1960s. Really it’s just a reason to throw out some stuff.Donald Judd, Untitled, 1991, Israel Museum Art Garden, Jerusalem That grab one bag if there was a fire kinda deal. Going through my closets and draws and getting rid of everything I do not use. I’m gonna try to live a minimalistic lifestyle. Plus, she joined Society6 just last week! /8HGVpbbn9O Her designs are packed with color while maintaining a clean minimalistic look. Meet German artist La Linea Minima (aka Ruth Prantz). Love the simplicity of minimal line drawings but crave a bit more color? There’s something so impactful about the more minimalistic approach to avant-garde jazz on here! Not to mention the powerful, and occasionally freakish vocals soaring above these compositions! It’s a shame this album isn’t getting much attention or praise. Minimalistic can be used to describe anything that has been stripped down or simplified to its essential components, including music, visual art, or a lifestyle. ![]()
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