Minimalism by Jillian, Sydney, and Kaitlin What is Minimalism? •Sets out to expose •Eliminates Trend in architecture, design and literature •Reduces design to necessary elements •Literature focuses on surface description •Foundation for modern artists today
1. Minimalism by Jillian, Sydney, and KaitlinWhat is
Minimalism?Sets out to exposeEliminates Trend in architecture,
designand literatureReduces design to necessary elementsLiterature
focuses on surface descriptionFoundation for modern artists
today
2. Key Concepts of Minimalism: Sought to remove metaphors
Simple, geometric forms Eradication of authorship ofpiece of
artwork The meaning lay on surface Simplest possible form 3. What
is happening during this time? 4. 1964 5. 1967 & 1969 6. The
Cold War (1945-1991) Bay of Pigs-1961October 16th 1962October 17th
1962October 25th 1962 7. THE TWIST! 8. Frank Stella: A Closer Look
Main influence for Minimalist artists Reacted against
abstractexpressionism Used many bright colors Moved onto third
dimension Nonrepresentational art Parallel stripes Color, shape,
and composition 9. Quotes from some of the main artists of The
Minimalism Movement: A shape, a volume, a color, a surface
issomething itself. It shouldnt be concealed aspart of a fairly
different whole. Donald Judd I think many gestures artists make,
gestures thatseem casual and improbable but surprisinglyeffective
in making art, can be made available toarchitecture. Frank Stella
What you see is what you see. Frank Stella Art is the exclusion of
the unnecessary. Carl Andre 10. Donald Judd June3 rd,
1928-February12th, 1994 11. InfluencesStuart Davis and William de
KooningMarcel DuchampClaes Oldenburg and John Chamberlain as well
as painters such asJackson Pollock, Barnett Newman, and Piet
Mondrian 12. Untitled, 1962 13. Untitled,1963 14. Untitled, 1972
15. Untitled, 1972 16. Influenced by a fellow student Shared studio
space with Frank Stella Not strictly an artist1935-Present Wrote
poetry Influenced by Constantin Brancusi Preferred sculpture as a
medium 17. Bluewash bluecut wash bluesing cut wash blueword sing
cut wash bluecry word sing cut wash blue 18. BackgroundEarly
Japanese architectureResponse to the 60s and 70s.Simplistic
attitude toward lifeTadao Ando, Alberto Campo Baeza, John
Pawson.Signs of Minimalism in ArchitectureClean linesSimple and
elegantIntensified by lightingNatural textures and colorsGeometric
shapesOutlinesSingle shapesSmall number of identical shapes
