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Article: Minimalism: Less is More !

Minimalism: Less is More !

Minimalism: Less is More !

The drive toward Minimalism in abstract art is as old as abstraction itself. Seurat was on its trail when he pioneered Divisionism. Malevich nearly perfected it with his Suprematist compositions. Sonia Delaunay expanded its parameters when she isolated color as subject. And Yves Klein redefined it when he proved that sometimes art need not be visible at all.

One test for whether you are a Minimalist is if you see the irony in the famous advice from Thoreau, « to simplify, simplify”. Reduce. Edit. Pare down what you want to say to its essentials. Minimalist foodies take pleasure in the gastronomic depth of a single ingredient. Minimalist musicians relish the sonic timbre of a single note. Minimalist decorators declutter. And Minimalist artists heed the wisdom of Donald Judd, that, “A shape, a volume, a color, a surface is something itself.”

Here is a selection of Minimal works, ranging from the distilled language of form and color in Gong (Trane) by Brent Hallard, to the pared down geometry of Winter Tulip 2 by Elizabeth Gourlay, to the organic clarity of Untitled (ID. 1289) by Fieroza Doorsen, which demonstrate the vivid range of Minimalist expression alive in contemporary abstraction, and prove that to simplify does not mean to be simplistic.

Winter tulip 2Winter tulip 2
Elizabeth Gourlay
Winter tulip 2
Prints
38.0 X 40.6 X 0.0 cm

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Untitled (Id. 1289)Untitled (Id. 1289)
Fieroza Doorsen
Untitled (Id. 1289)
Painting
25.0 X 17.0 X 0.0 cm Sale price£1,250.00
Shout 2Shout 2
Holly Miller
Shout 2
Painting
76.2 X 76.2 X 0.0 cm Sale price£3,450.00
Eckige Masse 045Eckige Masse 045
Kyong Lee
Eckige Masse 045
Painting
33.0 X 38.0 X 0.0 cm Sale price£550.00
Untitled 10Untitled 10
Claude Tétot
Untitled 10
Painting
70.0 X 100.0 X 0.0 cm Sale price£2,750.00
WhitesWhites
Pierre Auville
Whites
Mixed Media
100.0 X 79.0 X 7.0 cm

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Cut-Up Canvas I.5Cut-Up Canvas I.5
Ulla Pedersen
Cut-Up Canvas I.5
Painting
60.0 X 60.0 X 0.0 cm Sale price£1,600.00
Untitled 3 (K3)Untitled 3 (K3)
Daniel Göttin
Untitled 3 (K3)
Painting
54.0 X 55.0 X 10.0 cm Sale price£6,600.00
Untitled (101.13)Untitled (101.13)
Tilman
Untitled (101.13)
Drawing
35.5 X 28.0 X 0.0 cm Sale price£750.00
TempoTempo
Kim Uchiyama
Tempo
Painting
40.6 X 30.5 X 0.0 cm

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#1182#1182
Arvid Boecker
#1182
Painting
50.0 X 40.0 X 5.5 cm

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Somewhere to BeSomewhere to Be
Debra Ramsay
Somewhere to Be
Painting
48.26 X 45.72 X 0.6 cm

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Intersect # 201701Intersect # 201701
Paul Snell
Intersect # 201701
New Media Art
118.0 X 118.0 X 0.0 cm

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Cut 42Cut 42
Harald Kröner
Cut 42
Painting
68.0 X 142.0 X 3.0 cm Sale price£3,400.00
Intersect (Blue)Intersect (Blue)
Macyn Bolt
Intersect (Blue)
Painting
96.9 X 122.0 X 0.0 cm Sale price£5,250.00

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