Minimalism

Question 1

Key ideas of Minimalism

Answer 1

Denied expression, were sleek and geometric artworks
Minimalists created works that resembled factory-built commodities
Used prefabricated industrial materials and geometric forms

Question 2

Name 2 artists from Minimalism movement

Answer 2

Frank Stella and Joseph Kosuth

Question 3

Name an artwork by Joseph Kosuth

Answer 3

One and three chairs
Resembled an object, photo of object and definition of object
Questioned what actually constitutes a chair in our thinking

Question 4

Name an artwork by Frank Stella

Answer 4

Marriage of reason and squalor,1959, enamel on canvas
Composed of black inverted parallel u shapes containing stripes seperated by thin lines of unpainted canvas.
The geometric pattern, in combination of the works lack of figuration, prompts the viewer’s recognition of it as a flat surface covered in paint.