Neo-minimalism is an amorphous art movement of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. It has alternatively been called
Neo-Geometric or "Neo-Geo" art. Other terms include:
Neo-Conceptualism,
Neo-Futurism
Neo-futurism is a late-20th to early-21st-century movement in the arts, design, and architecture.
Described as an avant-garde movement, as well as a futuristic rethinking of the thought behind aesthetics and functionality of design in growing ...
, Neo-Op,
Neo-pop, New Abstraction, Poptometry, Post-Abstractionism, and Smart Art.
Origins
As a product of the
modernist
Modernism was an early 20th-century movement in literature, visual arts, and music that emphasized experimentation, abstraction, and Subjectivity and objectivity (philosophy), subjective experience. Philosophy, politics, architecture, and soc ...
movement of the 1960s, it was influenced by the
Bauhaus
The Staatliches Bauhaus (), commonly known as the , was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined Decorative arts, crafts and the fine arts.Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 4th edn., ...
style of art which rejected lavish designs for a more down-to-earth approach.
Arts
The aspects of "postmodern art" that have been described as neo-minimalism (and related terms) involve a general "reevaluation of earlier art forms."
Contemporary artists who have been linked to the term, or who have been included in shows employing it, include
Peter Halley
Peter Halley (born 1953) is an American artist and a central figure in the Neo-Conceptualist movement of the 1980s. Known for his Day-Glo geometric paintings, Halley is also a writer, the former publisher of ''index Magazine'', and a teacher; he ...
,
Philip Taaffe,
Lorenzo Belenguer,
Ashley Bickerton, David Burdeny, Paul Kuhn, Pierluigi Manciniart,
DoDoU, Eve Leader,
Peter Schuyff,
Christopher Willard and
Tim Zuck. The steel sculptures of
Richard Serra
Richard Serra (November 2, 1938 – March 26, 2024) was an American artist known for his large-scale Abstract art, abstract sculptures made for Site-specific art, site-specific landscape, urban, and Architecture, architectural settings, a ...
have been described as "austere neo-Minimalism...."
Design and music
Beyond painting, sculpture and other "museum art," the term has been applied to architecture, design, and music. In architecture, indeed, neo-minimalism has been identified as a part of "the new orthodoxy...." As Finnish author Juhani Pallasmaa stated: "After the bacchanal of
post-modernism
Postmodernism encompasses a variety of artistic, cultural, and philosophical movements that claim to mark a break from modernism. They have in common the conviction that it is no longer possible to rely upon previous ways of depicting the wor ...
, the time has again come for neo-minimalism, neo-ascetism, neo-denial and sublime poverty."
[Juhani Pallasmaa, ''Architecture in Miniature'', Museum of Finnish Architecture, 1991; p. 1.]
See also
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Minimalism
In visual arts, music, and other media, minimalism is an art movement that began in the post-war era in western art. The movement is often interpreted as a reaction to abstract expressionism and modernism; it anticipated contemporary post-mi ...
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Remodernism
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Flat design
Flat design is a minimalist design language or design style commonly used in graphical user interfaces (GUI) (such as web applications and mobile apps), and also in graphical materials such as posters, arts, guide documents and publishing prod ...
External links
The rise of neo-minimalism
References
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Modern art
Contemporary art movements
Abstract art
Visual arts genres
Western art