Title: Minimalism - Wikipedia
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Minimalism
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Minimal art, minimalism in visual art
Minimalist design and architecture
Minimalist architecture and space
Concepts and design elements
Influences from Japanese tradition
Minimalist architects and their works
Literary minimalism
Minimal music
Minimalism in film
Software and UI design
Examples
Skype design overhaul
Minimalism in science communication
See also
Notes
References
Citations
Sources
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Content: The term minimalist often colloquially refers to anything that is spare or stripped to its essentials. It has accordingly been used to describe the plays and novels of Samuel Beckett, the films of Robert Bresson, the stories of Raymond Carver, and the automobile designs of Colin Chapman. Contents
1 Minimal art, minimalism in visual art
2 Minimalist design and architecture
3 Minimalist architecture and space
3.1 Concepts and design elements
3.2 Influences from Japanese tradition
3.3 Minimalist architects and their works
4 Literary minimalism
5 Minimal music
6 Minimalism in film
7 Software and UI design
7.1 Examples
8 Minimalism in science communication
9 See also
10 Notes
11 References
11.1 Citations
11.2 Sources
12 External links
Minimal art, minimalism in visual art
Main article: Minimalism (visual arts)
Kazimir Malevich, Black Square, 1915, oil on canvas, 79.5 x 79.5 cm, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Minimalism in visual art, generally referred to as "minimal art", "literalist art" and "ABC Art" emerged in New York in the early 1960s as new and older artists moved toward geometric abstraction; exploring via painting in the cases of Nassos Daphnis, Frank Stella, Kenneth Noland, Al Held, Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Ryman and others; and sculpture in the works of various artists including David Smith, Anthony Caro, Tony Smith, Sol LeWitt, Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd and others. Judd's sculpture was showcased in 1964 at Green Gallery in Manhattan, as were Flavin's first fluorescent light works, while other leading Manhattan galleries like Leo Castelli Gallery and Pace Gallery also began to showcase artists focused on geometric abstraction. In addition there were two seminal and influential museum exhibitions: Primary Structures: Younger American and British Sculpture shown from April 27 – June 12, 1966 at the Jewish Museum in New York, organized by the museum's Curator of Painting and Sculpture, Kynaston McShine and Systemic Painting, at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum curated by Lawrence Alloway also in 1966 that showcased Geometric abstraction in the American art world via Shaped canvas, Color Field, and Hard-edge painting.