Historical and Cultural Context

Minimalism is a style of art in which objects are stripped down to their elemental, geometric form, and presented in an impersonal manner. It is an Abstract form of art which developed as a reaction against the subjective elements of Abstract Expressionism. - http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/minimalism.html

• Carl Andre - Born 1935 - American Sculptor
• Dan Flavin - 1933-1996 - American Installation Artist
• Peter Halley - Born 1953 - American Painter
• Faye HeavyShield - Born 1953 - Native Canadian Installation Artist
• Eva Hesse - 1936-1970 - German/American Painter/Sculptor
• Donald Judd - 1928-1994 - American Sculptor

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Ellsworth Kelly - Red Blue Green - 1963 -
http://www.mcasd.org/exhibitions/permcol/artists/kelly.html

• Ellsworth Kelly - Born 1923 - American Painter/Sculptor
• Sol Lewitt - Born 1928 - American Installation Artist
• Robert Mangold - Born 1937 - American Painter
• Agnes Martin - Born 1912 - Canadian/American Painter
• Robert Morris - Born 1931 - American

Barnett Newman - Adam - 1951-2 -
http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/m/minimalism.html

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• Barnett Newman - 1905-1970 - American Painter

Ad Reinhardt - Red - 1950 -
http://members.aol.com/mindwebart4/page3.htm

• Ad Reinhardt - 1913-1967 - American Painter
• Robert Ryman - Born 1930 - American Painter

Richard Serra - Five Plates, Two Poles - 1971 -
http://www.walkerart.org/resources/res_msg_serra.html

• Richard Serra - Born 1939 - American Sculptor
• Robert Smithson - 1938-1973 - American Installation Artist
• Keith Sonnier - Born 1941 - American
• Frank Stella - Born 1936 - American Painter/Sculptor

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