1. minimalism “less is more”
-Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

2. minimalism Roots of minimalism
1950s
Piet Mondrian Theo van Doesburg
Ad Reinhardt Kazimir Malevich

3. 1960s
minimalism Beginning of the movement
Frank Stella
Robert Morris
Donald Judd
Sol LeWitt
Carl Andre Agnes Martin

4. minimalism Donald Judd
Untitled, 1965 Untitled, 1968 Untitled, 1966.
Stainless steel and yellow Plexiglas. Six 34 inch cubes.

5. minimalism Agnes Martin
Aspiration, 1960
Wood I, 1963
Drift of summer, 1964

6. 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

7. minimalism Robert Morris
Installation in the Green Gallery, New York, 1964
Untitled, 1969
Thread Waste1968
Untitled corner piece,, 1964

8. minimalism Carl Andre
War and Rumors of War, 1969
Still Blue Range, 1965
Steel-Aluminum Plain, 1969

9. minimalism Frank Stella
Frank Stella, 1964 Aluminium painting Copper painting

10. minimalism Artist’s approach : Concepts and styles
Essence
Essentials
Identity
SUBJECT
Forms
Features
Concepts
Eliminating
non-essential

11. ABC art
Reductive art
Literalism
Systematic
painting
Minimalism
Minimalism
minimalism Naming

12. • 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

13. • Buddhism.
• Freedom & essence
of living.
• Reveals the inner
qualities of materials
and objects, apart
from aesthetic
value.
minimalism Architecture : Zen influence
Sand Garden, Japan

14. • American architect.
• Interior designer.
• Writer and educator.
• Designed more than 1,000
structures and completed
500 works.
minimalism Frank Lloyd Wright
Solomon R.GuggenheimMuseum, New York City, 1959

15. • 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

16. Jin Hosova O - Museum Lida, Nagano Prefecture,
Japan, (1995/1999)
minimalism Yoshio Taniguchi
The New Museum of Contemporary art

17. 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”

18. minimalism Ludwig mies van der Rohe
Seagram Building, 1958
Museum of fine arts, Houston, 1953
National Gallery
Whitney M.Young Magnet high school,
1975

19. 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.

20. minimalism Dieter Ram’s

21. • Born on March 9,
1902
• Prize winning work :
Torres de Satélite
minimalism Luis Barragan
Luis Barragan Torres de Satélite

22. minimalism Luis Barragan

23. • Constant harmony.
• Steady pulse.
• stasis or gradual transformation
minimalism Music.

24. minimalism Later Applications

25. minimalism
Kissing salt and pepper shakers :
Karim Rashid, 1994

26. minimalism
UMBRA Garbino trashcans :
Karim Rashid, 1995

27. minimalism
Bend chair :
Marten Claesson for Swedese, 1999

28. minimalism
Teatro Armani, Giorgio Armani Headquarters, Milan
Tadao Ando Architects and Associates, 2001

29. minimalism
Apple iPod Shuffle :
Apple Industrial Group

30. 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

31. Notes