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.
UNTITLED by Nasreen Mohamedi
Nasreen Mohamedi was an Indian artist best known for her line-based drawings, and is today considered one of the most essential modern artists from India. Her works are best known for the amazing play with grids, lines and elegant geometry, as though they might float, poised to fly. Critics have drawn comparisons with her love ofContinue reading “UNTITLED by Nasreen Mohamedi”
Clay men for every minimalist lover
Opening a window to his minimalistic world, Aman Khanna’s design studio Claymen is filled with objects that have their own story behind them. More a ‘visual storyteller’ than a sculptor, Aman Khanna’s series of figurines made from sun-dried clay truly belongs in living spaces of every person who has a ‘less is more’ mantra. “ClaymenContinue reading “Clay men for every minimalist lover”
