Black-box theater.LARGER-THAN-LIFE PERSONAS. HEATED EXCHANGES. PASSION AND GLAMOUR. AND LET'S NOT FORGET "theatricality," Even in its day, such qualities made Minimalism minimalism, schools of contemporary art and music, with their origins in the 1960s, that have emphasized simplicity and objectivity. Minimalism in the Visual ArtsReacting against the formal excesses and raw emotionalism of abstract expressionism, the practitioners of minimal art (also sometimes called ABC art) strove to focus attention on the object as an object, reducing its historical and expressive content to the bare minimum. seem perfectly suited for the silver screen. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At least that's the implication of Mel Bochner's wry Minimal Art--The Movie, 1966. And this spring audiences had the chance to decide for themselves, as major museum exhibitions around the globe gave the movement its biggest screen test to date, revisiting work by figures who--in starring roles or fleeting cameos--were actors in that dramatic historic production. Leading man Donald Judd, for example, received his first major posthumous retrospective, at Tate Modern, while the Solomon R. Guggenheim Meyer Guggenheim, 1828–1905, b. Aargau canton, Switzerland, emigrated (1847) to the United States, prospered as a retail merchant in Philadelphia, and in time built up a flourishing business importing Swiss embroidery. When nearly 60 he purchased from friends some Colorado mining property. Sensing that sure profits were in processing rather than in mining, he built large smelters in Colorado and Mexico and a refinery at Perth Amboy, N.J. Museum presented "Singular Forms (Sometimes Repeated): Art from 1951 to the Present," and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles organized "A Minimal Future? Art as Object 1958-1968." In June, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art punctuates it all with "Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form 1940s-70s." To respond to these shows, Artforum assembled an all-star ensemble of its own. Art historian and contributing editor Yve-Alain Bois provides his analysis of the Tate, Guggenheim, and LA MOCA approaches to Judd and his milieu mi·lieus or mi·lieux (-ly , while Ann Temkin, curator at the Museum of Modern Art, considers the issues associated with the conservation of Judd's work, the implications of which are bound to impact any critical reading of his art. Reflecting Minimalism's resonance for practicing artists, Josiah 1 King of Judah, son and successor of Amon. The great event of his reign came in its 18th year, when the book of the law, apparently Deuteronomy, was found in the Temple. Josiah had it read publicly, and a reform movement began, led by the young king. The basis of the reforms, which extended to the northern kingdom of Israel, was the removal of all outlying religious centers so as to concentrate everything in worship at Jerusalem. McElheny, Robert Gober, and Andrea Zittel contribute essays, followed by National Gallery of Art National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, established by act of Congress, Mar. 24, 1937. Andrew W. Mellon donated funds for construction of the building as well as his own collection of 130 American portraits. The marble building was designed by John Russell Pope; it was opened in Mar., 1941. The east wing, designed by I. M. Pei, was completed in 1978. Other works in the gallery include Samuel H. curator Jeffrey Weiss, who looks back at the role and impact of artists' writings during the '60s and '70s. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.
  ) 1. The totality of one's surroundings; an environment. 2. The social setting of a mental patient. |
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