1. 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

2. Key Concepts of Minimalism:
• Sought to remove metaphors
• Simple, geometric forms
• Eradication of authorship of
piece of artwork
• The meaning lay on surface
• Simplest possible form

4. What is happening during this
time?

5. 1964

6. 1967 & 1969

7. The Cold War (1945-1991)
Bay of Pigs-1961
October 16th 1962
October 17th 1962
October 25th 1962

8. THE TWIST!

9. Frank Stella: A Closer Look
• Main influence for Minimalist artists
• Reacted against abstract
expressionism
• Used many bright colors
• Moved onto third dimension
• Nonrepresentational art
• Parallel stripes
• Color, shape, and composition

17. Quotes from some of the main
artists of The Minimalism Movement:
• “A shape, a volume, a color, a surface is
something itself. It shouldn’t be concealed as
part of a fairly different whole.” –Donald Judd
• “I think many gestures artists make, gestures that
seem casual and improbable but surprisingly
effective in making art, can be made available to
architecture.” –Frank Stella
• “What you see is what you see.” –Frank Stella
• “Art is the exclusion of the unnecessary.” –Carl Andre

18. Donald Judd
• June
3 rd, 1928-
February
12 th, 1994

19. Influences
•Stuart Davis and William de Kooning
•Marcel Duchamp
•Claes Oldenburg and John Chamberlain as well as painters such as
Jackson Pollock, Barnett Newman, and Piet Mondrian

20. Untitled, 1962

21. Untitled,1963

22. Untitled, 1972

23. Untitled, 1972

24. • Influenced by a fellow student
• Shared studio space with Frank Stella
• Not strictly an artist 1935-Present
• Wrote poetry
• Influenced by Constantin Brancusi
• Preferred sculpture as a medium

25. Blue
wash blue
cut wash blue
sing cut wash blue
word sing cut wash blue
cry word sing cut wash blue

29. Background
•Early Japanese architecture
•Response to the 60’s and 70’s.
•Simplistic attitude toward life
•Tadao Ando, Alberto Campo Baeza, John Pawson.
Signs of Minimalism in Architecture
•Clean lines
•Simple and elegant
•Intensified by lighting
•Natural textures and colors
•Geometric shapes
•Outlines
•Single shapes
•Small number of identical shapes