Minimalism

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Minimalism is an art movement characterized by extreme simplicity of form, use of basic geometric shapes, and a focus on the artwork’s physical presence and materials rather than representation or narrative.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement ⓘ
visual arts style ⓘ
associatedWith Agnes Martin ⓘ
Carl Andre ⓘ
Dan Flavin ⓘ
Donald Judd ⓘ
Frank Stella ⓘ
Robert Morris ⓘ
Sol LeWitt ⓘ
Tony Smith ⓘ
developedFrom Abstract Expressionism ⓘ
emergedIn United States ⓘ
emergedInPeriod 1960s ⓘ
late 1950s ⓘ
emphasizes relationship between artwork, viewer, and space ⓘ
viewer’s direct experience of the object ⓘ
exhibitedAt Dwan Gallery, New York ⓘ
Green Gallery, New York ⓘ
Museum of Modern Art, New York ⓘ
Tate Modern, London ⓘ
linked to: Tate Modern
hasCharacteristic avoidance of narrative content ⓘ
avoidance of representation ⓘ
clarity of structure ⓘ
emphasis on materials themselves ⓘ
emphasis on objecthood ⓘ
extreme simplicity of form ⓘ
focus on physical presence of the artwork ⓘ
impersonality ⓘ
industrial appearance ⓘ
reduction of detail ⓘ
repetition of simple forms ⓘ
use of basic geometric shapes ⓘ
use of modular units ⓘ
use of monochrome or limited color palettes ⓘ
hasKeyText Notes on Sculpture ⓘ
Specific Objects ⓘ
influenced contemporary design ⓘ
contemporary installation art ⓘ
contemporary sculpture ⓘ
interior design aesthetics ⓘ
opposedTo gestural painting ⓘ
illusionistic space in painting ⓘ
relatedTo Conceptual art ⓘ
Minimal music ⓘ
Minimalist architecture ⓘ
Postminimalism ⓘ
theorizedBy Donald Judd ⓘ
Robert Morris ⓘ
usesMaterial aluminum ⓘ
fluorescent light tubes ⓘ
industrial materials ⓘ
plywood ⓘ
steel ⓘ

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Barnett Newman → influenced → Minimalism ⓘ
Cubism → hasInfluenced → Purism ⓘ
linked to: Minimalism
Smoke → movement → Minimalism ⓘ
Fernand Léger → movement → Purism ⓘ
linked to: Minimalism
Marcel Duchamp → influenced → Minimalism ⓘ
Josef Albers → influenced → Minimalism ⓘ
Ellsworth Kelly → movement → Minimalism ⓘ
Jasper Johns → influenced → Minimalism ⓘ
Raymond Carver → movement → minimalism ⓘ
linked to: Minimalism
Neo-Expressionism → movementReactionAgainst → Minimal art ⓘ
linked to: Minimalism
Neo-Expressionism → contrastsWith → Minimalism ⓘ
Arte Povera → influencedBy → Minimalism ⓘ
Richard Long → movement → Minimalism ⓘ
Frank Stella → movement → Minimalism ⓘ
Sol LeWitt → movement → Minimalism ⓘ
Sol LeWitt → influencedBy → Minimalism ⓘ
Bruce Nauman → influencedBy → Minimalism ⓘ
Agnes Martin → movement → Minimalism ⓘ
Suprematism → influenced → Minimalism ⓘ
Kenneth Noland → movement → Minimalism ⓘ
Tony Smith → movement → Minimalism ⓘ
Donald Judd → movement → Minimalism ⓘ
Donald Judd → artisticStyle → Minimalism ⓘ
Dan Flavin → movement → Minimalism ⓘ
Dan Flavin → influencedBy → Minimalism ⓘ
Richard Serra → movement → Minimalism ⓘ
Larry Bell → movement → Minimalism ⓘ
Koshino House → architecturalStyle → Minimalism ⓘ
Modern art → hasMovement → Minimalism ⓘ
Jorge Oteiza → movement → minimalism ⓘ
linked to: Minimalism
Op art → relatedTo → Minimalism ⓘ
Homage to the Square → movement → Minimalism ⓘ
Neoplasticism → influencedMovement → Minimalism ⓘ
Imi Knoebel → movement → Minimalism ⓘ
Blue Green Red → movement → Minimalism ⓘ
Colors for a Large Wall → movement → Minimalism ⓘ
Western art → includesStylePeriod → Minimalism ⓘ
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love → literaryMovement → minimalism ⓘ
linked to: Minimalism
The Modern → architecturalStyle → Minimalist architecture ⓘ
linked to: Minimalism
Pollen from Hazelnut → artMovement → Minimalism ⓘ
Black Paintings → movement → Minimalism ⓘ
Protractor Series → movement → Minimalism ⓘ
Polish Village series → movement → Minimalism ⓘ
Solomon LeWitt → movement → Minimalism ⓘ
subject linked to: Solomon
Solomon LeWitt → influencedBy → Minimalism ⓘ
subject linked to: Solomon
Wall Drawing #1 → influencedBy → Minimalism ⓘ