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minimalism “less is more” -Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
minimalism Roots of minimalism
1950s
Piet Mondrian Theo van Doesburg
Ad Reinhardt Kazimir Malevich
1960s
minimalism Beginning of the movement
Frank Stella
Robert Morris
Donald Judd
Sol LeWitt
Carl Andre Agnes Martin
minimalism Donald Judd
Untitled, 1965 Untitled, 1968 Untitled, 1966. Stainless steel and yellow Plexiglas. Six 34 inch cubes.
minimalism Agnes Martin
Aspiration, 1960
Wood I, 1963
Drift of summer, 1964
minimalism Sol LeWitt
Figge Art Museum, 1984 Davenport, Iowa, USA,..
Open geometric structure 2-2, 1-1, 1991
Four-sided pyramid, National Gallery of Art
Cube without a corner, 2005
Master of conceptualism
minimalism Robert Morris
Installation in the Green Gallery, New York, 1964
Untitled, 1969
Thread Waste1968
Untitled corner piece,, 1964
minimalism Carl Andre
War and Rumors of War, 1969
Still Blue Range, 1965
Steel-Aluminum Plain, 1969
minimalism Frank Stella
Frank Stella, 1964 Aluminium painting Copper painting
minimalism Artist’s approach : Concepts and styles
Essence
Essentials
Identity
SUBJECT
Forms
Features
Concepts
Eliminating
non-essential
ABC art
Reductive art
Literalism
Systematic painting
Minimalism
Minimalism
minimalism Naming
• To strip down extra and unwanted material.
• Focus : – Form – Light
– Space
– Details of material: Rediscovering the valuable qualities in simple and common materials
• Conveying the message of simplicity: – Basic geometric forms – Elements without decoration – Simple materials
– Repetitions of structures, representing a sense of order and essential quality.
minimalism Architecture and space : Concept and design management
• Buddhism.
• Freedom & essence of living.
• Reveals the inner qualities of materials and objects, apart from aesthetic value.
minimalism Architecture : Zen influence
Sand Garden, Japan
• American architect.
• Interior designer.
• Writer and educator.
• Designed more than 1,000 structures and completed 500 works.
minimalism Frank Lloyd Wright
Solomon R.Guggenheim Museum, New York City, 1959
• Son of architect Yoshiro Taniguchi.
• Studied architecture at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, graduated in 1964.
• Worked briefly for architect Walter Gropius, who became an important influence.
• In 1996 named as a master of minimalism.
• One of the most important architects at Tokyo university.
minimalism Yoshio Taniguchi
Yoshio Taniguchi
Jin Hosova O - Museum Lida, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, (1995/1999)
minimalism Yoshio Taniguchi
The New Museum of Contemporary art
minimalism Ludwig mies van der Rohe
•German architect •Director of Bauhaus: 1930s •Shifted to US in 1937
•Regarded as pioneering master of modern architecture along with Walter Gropius & Le Corbusier.
•Architectural style : Extreme clarity and simplicity.
•Use of modern materials : Industrial steel, plate glass
•“Less is more”
minimalism Ludwig mies van der Rohe
Seagram Building, 1958
Museum of fine arts, Houston, 1953
National Gallery, Berlin, 1968
Whitney M.Young Magnet high school, 1975
minimalism Dieter Ram’s
• “LESS BUT BETTER”.
• German industrial designer.
10 Principle of design. •Is innovative. •Makes a product useful . •Is aesthetic. •Makes a product understandable. •Is unobtrusive. •Is honest. •Is long-lasting. •Is environmentally friendly. •Is as little design as possible.
minimalism Dieter Ram’s
• Born on March 9, 1902
• Prize winning work :
Torres de Satélite
minimalism Luis Barragan
Luis Barragan Torres de Satélite
minimalism Luis Barragan
• Constant harmony.
• Steady pulse.
• stasis or gradual transformation
minimalism Music.
minimalism Later Applications
minimalism Kissing salt and pepper shakers : Karim Rashid, 1994
minimalism UMBRA Garbino trashcans : Karim Rashid, 1995
minimalism Bend chair : Marten Claesson for Swedese, 1999
minimalism Teatro Armani, Giorgio Armani Headquarters, Milan
Tadao Ando Architects and Associates, 2001
minimalism Apple iPod Shuffle : Apple Industrial Group
minimalism References
• http://www.theartstory.org/movement-minimalism.htm# 28.12.2011 5:30pm
• www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0859656.html 28.12.2011, 10:21pm
• http://www.dailytonic.com/karuizawa-museum-complex-by-yasui-hideo-atelier-jp/ 30.12.11, 12:49 am
• http://bestamericanart.blogspot.com/2011/06/minimalism-specific-objects-and.html
• 29.12.12, 4:20pm
• http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/305 29.12.12, 4:52 pm
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