Minimalism

=Minimalism = (1960 - 1975) = = Minimalism rejects the need for social comment, self-expression, narrative, or any other allusion to history, politics, or religion. It is based on creating objects of interest and beauty. Minimalists reduced their work to the smallest number of colors, values, shapes, lines, and textures. David Burlyuk first used the term in an exhibition catalogue for John Graham’s paintings at the Dudensing Gallery in New York in 1929. The term was later applied to the movement in the 1960’s. Other names for the movement include ABC art, minimal art, reductivism, and rejective art. Minimalism was a reaction against the formal overkill and pretentiousness of Abstract Expressionism. It had roots in Pop art, Cubism, and Conceptual art and was also inspired by Russian Suprematists such as Kasimir Malevich.

Important Artists
Minimalist art frequently takes the form of installation or sculpture, for example with Donald Judd, Carl Andre, Dan Flavin and Sol LeWitt. However, there are also a number of minimalist painters, such as Ellsworth Kelly, and Frank Stella.

media type="flickr" key="13386699@N00" ARG0="&tags=minimalism&lang=en-us&format=rss_200" width="500" height="500" __**Slide 1.**__ **//Rope Piece//, Eva Hesse** __**Slide 2.**__ //**Pink-Blue-Pink,**// **Gilberto Zorio** __**Slide 3.**__ //**Untitled,**// **Donald Judd**
 * 1969-1970 Latex over rope, string, and wire; two strands, dimensions variable**
 * 1967 Semisyclinder filled cobalt choride**
 * 1969 Anodized aluminum and blue Plexiglas**