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Modernism

Minimalism
What you see is what you see

Minimalism, ModernismReturn 1i
Brice Marden, The ArtistsPortrait of Brice Marden

Brice Marden

Grow the ability to see

Ad Reinhardt, The ArtistsPortrait of Ad Reinhardt

Ad Reinhardt

"Art-as-art and nothing else"

1913 – 1967
Robert Smithson, The ArtistsPortrait of Robert Smithson

Robert Smithson

Relationships with physical landscape

1938 – 1973
Agnes Martin, The ArtistsPortrait of Agnes Martin

Agnes Martin

On inwardness and silence

1912 – 2004
Ellsworth Kelly, The ArtistsPortrait of Ellsworth Kelly

Ellsworth Kelly

Deconstructing the visible

1923 – 2015
Study for "La Combe II", Ellsworth Kelly

Study for "La Combe II" Ellsworth Kelly, 1950

Triangle Form, Ellsworth Kelly

Triangle Form Ellsworth Kelly, 1951

Vir Heroicus Sublimis, Barnett Newman

Vir Heroicus Sublimis Barnett Newman, 1950 – 1951

White Painting, Three Panel, Robert Rauschenberg

White Painting, Three Panel Robert Rauschenberg, 1951

Balanced Forms, Araceli Gilbert

Balanced Forms Araceli Gilbert, 1952

Construction in space, Araceli Gilbert

Construction in space Araceli Gilbert, 1953

Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance, Ellsworth Kelly

Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance Ellsworth Kelly, 1951 – 1953

Composition Synthese, Araceli Gilbert

Composition Synthese Araceli Gilbert, 1955

Harbor Number 1, Agnes Martin

Harbor Number 1 Agnes Martin, 1957

Study for Planes in Modulated Surface, Lygia Clark

Study for Planes in Modulated Surface Lygia Clark, 1957

Untitled, Agnes Martin

Untitled Agnes Martin, 1957

Untitled, Agnes Martin

Untitled Agnes Martin, 1957

Iberia, Robert Motherwell

Iberia Robert Motherwell, 1958

Buds, Agnes Martin

Buds Agnes Martin, 1959

Cocoon no. 2, Lygia Clark

Cocoon no. 2 Lygia Clark, 1959

Composition with Blue Rectangle, Natalia Goncharova

Composition with Blue Rectangle Natalia Goncharova, 1950 – 1959

Orange Red Relief, Ellsworth Kelly

Orange Red Relief Ellsworth Kelly, 1959

Abstract Painting no. 4, Ad Reinhardt

Abstract Painting no. 4 Ad Reinhardt, 1961

Starlight, Agnes Martin

Starlight Agnes Martin, 1963

The Moment (Egg), Agnes Martin

The Moment (Egg) Agnes Martin, 1963

The Tree, Agnes Martin

The Tree Agnes Martin, 1964

Return 1, Brice Marden

Return 1 Brice Marden, 1964 – 1965

Untitled, 1965, Brice Marden

Untitled, 1965 Brice Marden, 1964 – 1965

Abstract Painting, Ad Reinhardt

Abstract Painting Ad Reinhardt, 1966

Blue Green Yellow Orange Red, Ellsworth Kelly

Blue Green Yellow Orange Red Ellsworth Kelly, 1966

Untitled, Eva Hesse

Untitled Eva Hesse, 1966

Trajectory of the Arc, Saloua Raouda Choucair

Trajectory of the Arc Saloua Raouda Choucair, 1972 – 1974

Diagonal No. 2, Araceli Gilbert

Diagonal No. 2 Araceli Gilbert, 1976

Grove IV, Brice Marden

Grove IV Brice Marden, 1976

Thira, Brice Marden

Thira Brice Marden, 1979 – 1980

Movement of the Angle, Saloua Raouda Choucair

Movement of the Angle Saloua Raouda Choucair, 1983 – 1985

Untitled #5, Agnes Martin

Untitled #5 Agnes Martin, 1991

Dark Blue Curve, Ellsworth Kelly

Dark Blue Curve Ellsworth Kelly, 1995

Untitled #10, Agnes Martin

Untitled #10 Agnes Martin, 1995

Wright Curve, Ellsworth Kelly

Wright Curve Ellsworth Kelly, 1996

I Love the Whole World, Agnes Martin

I Love the Whole World Agnes Martin, 1999

Gratitude, Agnes Martin

Gratitude Agnes Martin, 2001

Small Seasons, Brice Marden

Small Seasons Brice Marden, 2012 – 2013

Next Movement
Pop Art, Contemporary Art

Pop Art

Culture, reflected and dissected

1955 – 2000

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