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Minimalism
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 .jpg)  Top: Untitled, by Donald Judd, concrete sculpture, 1991, Israel Museum Centre: the Zollverein School of Management and Design Essen, Germany, 2005–2006, by SANAA Bottom: Kazimir Malevich, Black Square, 1915, oil on canvas, 79.5 x 79.5 cm, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow | |
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In visual arts, music and other media, minimalism is an art movement that began in the post-war era in Western art. The movement is often interpreted as a reaction to abstract expressionism and modernism; it anticipated contemporary post-minimal art practices, which extend or reflect on minimalism's original objectives.[1] Minimalism's key objectives were to strip away conventional characterizations of art through bringing the importance of the object or the experience a viewer has for the object with minimal mediation from the artist.[2] Prominent artists associated with minimalism include Donald Judd, Agnes Martin, Dan Flavin, Carl Andre, Robert Morris, Anne Truitt and Frank Stella.[3]
Minimalism in music often features repetition and gradual variation, such as the works of La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Julius Eastman and John Adams. The term has also been used to describe the plays and novels of Samuel Beckett, the films of Robert Bresson, the stories of Raymond Carver, and the automobile designs of Colin Chapman.
In recent years, Minimalism has come to refer to anything or anyone that is spare or stripped to its essentials.[4]
- ^ "Minimalism: Art and Polemics in the Sixties". Minimalism: Art and Polemics in the Sixties. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "Universal principles of art: 100 key concepts for understanding, analyzing, and practicing art". Beverly, Massachusetts: Rockport Publishers. 52 (10): 112. 20 May 2015. doi:10.5860/choice.189714. ISSN 0009-4978.
- ^ "Minimalism Movement Overview". The Art Story. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ Szalai, Jennifer (21 January 2020). "'The Longing for Less' Gets at the Big Appeal of Minimalism". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
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