Contemporary Art(?) — Part 5
Note: In this article, we’ll primarily focus on Minimalism in the visual arts. While I find the concept of minimalism intriguing in various domains, visual arts are where my heart lies. The date, location, and artists mentioned at the beginning of this subsection refer to the Minimalist movement in the visual arts.
Minimalism (Minimal Art)
Year of emergence: 1950s
Country: United States, New York
Notable artists: Sol LeWitt, Frank Stella, Donald Judd, Robert Smithson, Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Agnes Martin, Robert Morris.
Have you ever looked at a piece of art and thought it seems like the artist forgot to finish it, or even to start? You might have encountered a work from the minimalist movement. Why settle for the minimum when you can do more? The term “Minimalism” refers to aesthetic, scientific, and cultural movements that emerged in New York in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
These movements were more concerned with the essence of the work itself, which is quite literal because they sought to work with the least amount of materials possible. As for why they aimed for the minimum, they didn’t want their works to say more than they were. We’ll delve deeper into this in the following…
