John Mccracken was an American minimalist artist. He was best known for his planks, plinth-like reflective sculptures painted in various hues. These narrow, monochromatic, rectangular board format planks lean at an angle against the wall while simultaneously entering into the three-dimensional realm and physical space of the viewer. His planks referenced the minimalist works of CarlContinue reading “Planks by John McCracken”
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Nuances by Donald Judd
Known as one of the most significant practitioners of what is now known as minimalism, Donald Judd dramatically changed the course of sculpture with his heavily reduced forms of designs. Not only this, but Judd also helped dethrone abstract expressionism from the American art scene. The history of modernist painting had already witnessed, in theContinue reading “Nuances by Donald Judd”
Colours by Noemi Escandell
Noemí Escandell is a Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1942. Her artwork is an exploration with not just bright colors, but also shapes to create minimalist design pieces.
MINIMALISM- All about that style
Minimalism as a genre occupies various forms of expression across art, design, music, and literature. The term originates from the artistic movement that appeared in 1960’s in New York when a group of artists including Donald Judd, John McCracken, Agnes Martin and many others, “rejected the traditional representations in painting and sculptures and chose to pursueContinue reading “MINIMALISM- All about that style”
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