1. Minimalism Art Movement Mid-20 th Century

2. identity of a subject is exposed through eliminating all non- essential forms, features or concepts. Most economical use of subject matter – simplicity is key. Minimalism

3. "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

4. Minimalist Goals Create objects which avoided the appearance of fine art objects Remove the appearance of composition from the work Remove the artists guiding hand or thought processes Remove aesthetic decisions from the fabrication of the object

5. Minimal Art reacted against the symbolism, spontaneity, and emotional intensity of Abstract Impressionism. Saw representation as a “distraction” – wanted the viewer to have an individual reaction to the work Reactionary Art Movement

6. canvas or paper as a field of abstract forms Clean lines Colorful geometric areas Flat surface The canvas/paper/print as a unit, a shape on the wall Color areas are often of one unvarying color. Hard-Edge Painting

7. Color Field Painting began around 1950, following the initial shock of the Action Painters. Large Scale paintings Viewed close up – colors extend beyond and play with peripheral vision – like viewing a lake or ocean Viewer can almost feel the sensation of the colors themselves

8. Falling Water, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architecture Uniontown, PA, Minimalism

9. Sinjerli, Variation II, Frank Stella, Offset Lithograph - inked image is transferred (or "offset") from a plate to a rubber blanket, then to the printing surface

10. Untitled, 1949, Alexander Calder, Sheet metal, wire, paint, Minimalism

11. Colors for a Large Wall 64 Panels, Ellsworth Kelly, Oil on Canvas, Hard-Edged Painting, Minimalism