Minimalism

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art movement visual arts style

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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Minimalism canonical	34
minimalism	3
Purism	2
Minimal art	1
Minimalist architecture	1

Statements (53)

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 ⓘ surface form: Abstract Expressionism
emergedIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Museum of Modern Art, New York Tate Modern ⓘ surface form: Tate Modern, London
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

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Barnett Newman → influenced → Minimalism ⓘ

Cubism → hasInfluenced → Minimalism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Purism

Smoke → movement → Minimalism ⓘ

Fernand Léger → movement → Minimalism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Purism

Marcel Duchamp → influenced → Minimalism ⓘ

Josef Albers → influenced → Minimalism ⓘ

Ellsworth Kelly → movement → Minimalism ⓘ

Jasper Johns → influenced → Minimalism ⓘ

Raymond Carver → movement → Minimalism ⓘ

this entity surface form: minimalism

Neo-Expressionism → movementReactionAgainst → Minimalism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Minimal art

Neo-Expressionism → contrastsWith → Minimalism ⓘ

Color Field painting → influencedMovement → 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 ⓘ

this entity surface form: minimalism

Op art → relatedTo → Minimalism ⓘ

Homage to the Square → movement → Minimalism ⓘ

Neoplasticism → influencedMovement → Minimalism ⓘ

Imi Knoebel → movement → Minimalism ⓘ

Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance I → 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 ⓘ

this entity surface form: minimalism

The Modern → architecturalStyle → Minimalism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Minimalist architecture