ARTH 287

 

Lecture 4: Post-Painterly Abstraction and Minimalism

 

1) New York School / Abstract Expressionism 2) Johns and Rauschenberg / Assemblage, Environments, Happenings 3) Pop Art
4) Post-Painterly Abstraction and Minimalism 5) Earthworks and Site Specific Sculpture 6) Process Art and Conceptual Art
7) Performance Art / Feminist Art 8) Art Institutional Critique 9) New Image Painting / Neo-Expressionism
10) Appropriation / Simulation / Neo-Geo 11) Art and Politics in the 80s  

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Post-Painterly Abstraction

 

Ad Reinhardt (1913-67)

"Number 88," 1950. o/c.
"Blue Painting," 1953. o/c.
"Red Painting," 1953. o/c.
"Black Painting," 1962. o/c.

 

Morris Louis (1912-62)

"Tet," 1958. Acrylic on canvas.
"Beth," 1960. Acrylic on canvas, PMA.
"Eighty-three," 1961. Acrylic on canvas.
"Alpha," 1960. Acrylic on canvas.

 

Ellesworth Kelly (b. 1923)

Color stripes arranged by chance, Spectrum Colors arranged by chance, 1951.

"Red White," 1963. o/c.
"Red Blue Green," 1963. o/c, PMA.
"Diagonal with Curve," 1978. o/c, PMA.

 

Kenneth Noland (b. 1924)

"Whirl," 1960. Magna on canvas.
"Bloom," 1960. Magna on canvas.
"Every Third," 1963. Magna on canvas.
"Via Blues," 1967. Magna on canvas.

 

Jules Olitski (b. 1922)

"High a Yellow," 1967. Acrylic on canvas.
"Green Goes Around," 1967. Acrylic on canvas.
"Bunga 45," 1967. Aluminum painted with acrylic resin.

 

Agnes Martin (b. 1912)

"The Rose," 1964. Oil and pencil on canvas, PMA.
"Night Sea," 1963. Oil and gold leaf on canvas.

 

Robert Ryman (b. 1930)

"Untitled," 1961. Oil on wood.
"Distributor," 1985. Oil on fiberglass with wood and aluminum.
"Sketched Drawing," 1963. Charcoal and pencil on canvas.

 

Minimalism

 

Frank Stella (b. 1936)

"Tomlinson Court Park," 1959. Enamel on canvas.
"Die Fahne Hoch," 1959. Enamel on canvas.
"Newstead Abbey," 1960. Aluminum paint on canvas.
"Lake City," 1960-1. Metallic powder in polymer emulsion on canvas.

 

Tony Smith (1912-1980)

"Die," 1962. Steel.
"We Lost," 1962-74.

 

Robert Morris (b. 1931)

Installation at Green Gallery, NY, 1964

"Columns," 1961. Painted plywood.
"Cloud," 1962. Painted plywood.
"Corner Piece," 1964. Painted plywood.
"Untitled," 1965. Plexiglas with mirrors on wood, 4 pieces (not on web).
"Box with the Sound of its Own Making," 1961.

 

Donald Judd (1928-1994)

"Untitled," 1965. Ink on paper (not on web)
"Untitled," 1964. Lacquer on steel.
"Untitled," 1964. Lacquer on steel and brass.
"Untitled," 1966. Blue lacquer on aluminum and galvanized iron.
"Untitled," 1969. Lacquer on galvanized iron.

 

Don Flavin (1933-1996)

"The Diagonal of May 25, 1963," 1963. Flourescent light.

 

Carl Andre (b. 1935)

"Equivalents," 1966. Firebrick.
"Equivalents," 1966. Firebrick.
"Cuts," 1967. Firebrick.
"Lever," 1966. Firebrick.
"Zinc-Zinc Plane," 1969. Zinc.

 

Sol LeWitt (b. 1928)

"Wall Grid," 1964.
"Wall Drawing #90," 1971.
"Untitled Cube 6," 1968. Metal and paint.
"Serial Project," 1966.

 

Richard Serra (b. 1939)

"Hand Catching Lead," 1968. Film
"Serra Throwing Lead," 1969. Photo.
"Casting," 1969. Thrown lead.
"One Ton Prop," 1969. Lead antimony.
"Titled Arc," 1981.