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Minimalism

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ISBN-10: 0521627591

ISBN-13: 9780521627597

Edition: N/A

Authors: David Batchelor

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The controversy surrounding Carl Andre's Equivalent VIII, made of 120 firebricks, gives an idea of the difficulty some people have in seeing such works as art. This book aims to show not only how "The Bricks" can be seen as art, but that sculpture such as this is some of the most interesting and imaginative work to come out of the 1960s. The term Minimalism has been applied to this type of art. Although the artists involved did not regard themselves as a group, the work is typically abstract, three-dimensional, modular, geometric, preconceived in design and industrial in execution. This introduction examines the implications of these characteristics. Looking in particular at the work of…    
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Book details

List price: $21.99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/13/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.550

Introduction
After Abstract Expressionism
Andre, Flavin, Judd, LeWitt
Critical interpretations
Revisions and continuations