Though I could enjoy speaking on the topic of art for some time, I found myself without a way to truly understand the differing values in the ways of thought that permeate this grouping of human experience and found myself looking to sources over the Internet to further my knowledge to utilize the information gathered to purchase paintings. I have always been interested in the passions evoked by the series of artists and movements that proliferate what we have come to know as the history of art. Reflecting on this notion of life’s passing interaction whether Romanticist, Surrealist or Minimalist in nature.
Speaking on Minimalism now, the ideas that made this movement unique relied heavily upon the work being stripped down to the barest fundamental aspects and laying bare those integral parts of self-expression. Many pieces of work other than visual art have been affected by these ideals of minimalism, and acted outside of this particular aesthetic appeal, creating new ways to interpret literature and even lifestyles. As far as painting goes, however, minimalist paintings will typically use limited colour schemes and simple geometric designs. The minimalist sculpture is focused on the materials used.
Some of the phases commonly agreed on about this movement are each notable for how they have progressed the overall conception of minimalism as a movement. A distillation in forms was the first phase, with contributors claiming in order to create a universal language of art that the masses were meant to understand easily, and seemed poised to support the rapid industrialization for particular settings of the time. Searching for a purity of form, and paving the way for the abstractions to come, later on, allowing for the second more notable phase to reach its’ crescendo afterwards.
Much of the formats for commercial artwork we see today have had a great deal of background in this movement of visual art, allowing us to understand on a fundamental level what the message is that the work is trying to convey, and a large amount of the signs and signals we find today relies heavily upon these ideals to translate a universal meaning to the general populace. We can easily see the progression of minimalism in these examples the world over, and it is almost as ingrained into our society now as much as we care to see.
A minimalist painting will typically use a very limited amount of colours and have a very simple geometric design. Minimalism in sculpture, on the other hand, is much more concerned with the materials used. Many people believe that minimalism in generally is about geometric shapes, but this interpretation depends widely on the branch of art as well as the interpreter.
But the simplest way to describe minimalism is that the less that is in the painting or work of art, the better it is. Minimalism is all about drawing attention to the few objects and colours of the composition. In this way, minimalism shows us that less is better, for the eye is not drawn away by this filler or extra objects.
Minimalism is about starting with nothing and then carefully applying the few objects and colours that will define the piece as a whole. Minimalism is still one of the major parts of contemporary art, but it is used in conjunction with other styles and flairs from other art movements to form new types of minimalism.
