Minimalism

The term Minimalism was coined to describe the work of a group of American artists who developed a new kind of whole or serial geometric abstraction during the 1960s. This book documents the careers of the leading figures associated with Minimalism- Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt and Robert Morris- as well as the practices of artists who were associated with the movement, among them the sculptors Larry Bell, Eva Hesse, John McCracken, Robert Smithson and Anne Truitt, and the painters Jo Baer, Robert Mangold, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, David Novros, Robert Ryman and Frank Stella. Critic and art historian James Meyer is a leading authority on Minimalism and American art of the 1960s. His illustrated Survey charts the development of this most modern of art forms of the late twentieth century within a broad historical and cultural context. The Works section illustrates a selection of the most significant Minimal artworks and exhibitions, alongside that of those contemporaries who were briefly associated with Minimalism. The Documents section includes the key critical texts by the seminal authors of the movement; statements by the artists; and reviews and commentary, providing a thorough basis for understanding the aims of Minimalist practice. Including never-before-published material and texts which first appeared in little-known or out-of-print catalogues, this book is the most comprehensive and definitive sourcebook on Minimalism available.