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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