Buried in Beckett: Fiona Shaw on Happy Days May 20, 2008
Where I had detected coldness in the work weeks back, I now saw that the energy of the performance ran right across the minimalism of the writing: the play is experienced as a rush of heat and light - human, warm, weirdly celebratory. Afterwards, I got a note from Deborah: "Well well. So that's the play?". (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Jump In: Classical May 18, 2008
Mass MoCA: The composers' collective Bang on a Can returns to the museum with its summer festival (July 10-26), featuring student concerts in the galleries and performance spaces as well as two larger events: the Bang on a Can All-Stars playing music by Ornette Coleman, Lukas Ligeti, Julia Wolfe, and Evan Ziporyn, among others (July 19), and the Marathon, with a granddaddy of minimalism, Terry Riley, as special guest (July 26). 413-662-2111. (Boston Globe)
More of this story May 17, 2008
He's only the father of Minimalism, and at 72, he's hipper than you and his beard is longer. Riley, whose work at the keyboard is said to induce trances, comes to the Walt Disney Concert Hall on Sunday, May 25, at 7:30 p.m. to world premiere his Universal Bridge, a piece written specifically for the hall's 6,134-pipe organ. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Balance modernism, minimalism in loft May 15, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Q:We are moving into a loft, and the ground floor is one big living space. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Unapologetically modern May 14, 2008
Dark, downtown aesthetic is translated into inky hued knit separates that achieve an unexpected artful minimalism, with easy, simple fits. Can you comment on SA design at the moment. (iAfrica.com)
All their eggs in one basket May 10, 2008
One of the most striking works in the show is superficially the most modest: Vija Celmins's Eggs (1964), a small painting of four eggs cooking in an electric frypan, one with a broken yolk, was made at a time when hard-edged abstraction and minimalism were all the rage. The perfect symmetry of the composition, the simple shapes and colours, act as a parody of the vanguard styles of the day. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Melotti has retrospective in New York May 10, 2008
"Sculpture No. 21" (1935), which would not look out of place in an exhibition of 1970s Minimalism, consists of nine spheres and three discs placed at regular intervals inside a grid of nickel-plated iron. One of the second-floor galleries has been installed to evoke a white-on-white room from Melotti's final exhibition (held at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome, 1984). (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Lin a triple threat May 9, 2008
She found a way to make minimalism carry collective meaning: this understated site became a powerful place for griefing and healing. It was completed in 1982 and she went on to create other successful monuments: among them, the Civil Rights Memorial (1989) for the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Ala. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
New York cool: A transitional generation is given its due May 2, 2008
The show's curator, Pepe Karmel, writes in his catalogue essay, "The evolution of American art from 1955 to 1965 is reduced to a simplified clich?: the big, sloppy celebration of the self in Abstract Expressionism leads by exhaustion and reaction-formation to the clinical impersonality of Minimalism and Pop.". In this canon of postwar art, only Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns get credit for moving painting beyond the gesture. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
North Dakota can be proud of Agraria restaurant Apr 22, 2008
Several of the private dining rooms feel almost Japanese in their minimalism. It is definitely handsome, but it feels more like a Swedish spa than a North Dakota restaurant. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
* Bravo Bocellli Apr 18, 2008
Still only 47, Liebermann was described by Time magazine as custom-made for listeners who find 12-tone music ugly and minimalism simple-minded. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Foundation garments Apr 16, 2008
Decoration is the vogue one moment, minimalism the next. Just occasionally, architects let rip in the most unexpected ways, as Antoni Gaud; did with his modernismo a century ago, and as Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid did with their deconstructivist designs in the 1990s. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
For Cowie, 'Everyday Elegance' is chic simplicity Apr 10, 2008
You believe in minimalism. But don't personal touches create a home's personality. (Boston Globe)
Milwaukee Art Museums weekend show:Art in Bloom Apr 10, 2008
Borgardt s design will feature simple flowers and simple lines, in an effort to pull together Kelly s very interesting use of minimalism, she said. Her goal is to capture the artist s wonderful use of pigment and the pure essence of the pristene surface in Red, Yellow, Blue II.. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Cave digs a little deeper on latest Apr 8, 2008
"Dig, Lazarus Dig!!!" mingles "Abattoir's" arty minimalism with the roar of "Grinderman," offering a set that is half squall, half polish. Cave is, as always, a spinner of yarns: shaggy-dog stories of love gone sour, death come a-calling, and the birthing pains of art. (Boston Globe)
Dcor trends| Apr 8, 2008
Is there a move away from minimalism to more homely dcor. We have two clear looks dominating the home this season. (iAfrica.com)
McCain: A "Mad" Man? Apr 6, 2008
George Will Policy Minimalism in the Era of Big Government. Jackie Gingrich Cushman The Path to Health and Wealth, Giving and Helping Others. (Townhall.com)
Nordic looks the latest in cool cool (1) Apr 4, 2008
If the 90s were about minimalism, the new millennium was about embellishment. We are approaching the second decade of the new millennium with an appreciation for craft, design, stylishness, says Tom Julian, a trend analyst for ad agency McCann Erickson. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Roberto Cavalli collaborating with Amy Winehouse? No, no, no Apr 2, 2008
Baldly, it's white shirts or T-shirts, men's trousers (she practically invented the current strain of sartorial minimalism), scrubbed face and wild black hair, now streaked with dignified shafts of grey, as untamed and free a metaphor as Amy Winehouse's surreal beehive is an emblem of a subjugated, orderly discipline that seems lacking from the rest of her life. Thirty years on from her ground-breaking rock poetry album, Horses, Smith is still working the same look and, for all any of us know,... (Times Online)
Patience earns ownership of untraditional ranch Apr 1, 2008
Although most midcentury moderns adhered to a Bauhaus-inspired minimalism, the Crook design folded the architectural grace of Flemish bond brick patterns, Greek Key motifs and triple-hung windows into the pragmatic floor plan of compact living. "I looked at every single house in the neighborhood and this was my favorite," Colgin said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
‘Mixed Paint' to feature 12 contemporary NY artists Mar 9, 2008
The exhibit will showcase painters working in a variety of contemporary non-representational styles, such as expressionism and minimalism. It will be a colorful, fun spring show, said Stephanie Schuster, assistant director of the Schweinfurth Art Center. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Philly flower show spotlights pared-down, eco-friendly gardening Mar 5, 2008
But look beyond the show-offs, and you ll see something subtler: an emphasis on minimalism and all things green ... Minimalism has become very much part of design in the last couple years, he said. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
'The Other Boleyn Girl' Mar 3, 2008
At Paris Fashion Week, minimalism and tailoring drives fashion forward for fall. Text Size. (Los Angeles Times)
PARIS FASHION WEEK: A comeback for clothes: Christian Lacroix and Dries Van Noten Feb 28, 2008
"Baroque minimalism," announced Christian Lacroix, to describe his show on Wednesday of sculpted outfits that, whether in black or zingy colors, were always based on black hose and knee-high boots. "Accessories reduced to the minimum - to focus again on garments," said Dries Van Noten, referring to his concentration of color and pattern that - apart from necklets of chunky, colorful rings - was all about the clothes. (International Herald Tribune)
The Face: Giorgio Armani Feb 22, 2008
That, and the fact that however much beige bores you, no one can deny that Armani's fashion moment, straddling 15 years between the release of American Gigolo in 1980 to mid-Nineties minimalism, was one of the greatest in fashion history. All of which makes him naturally unpopular with the fashion press, which dislikes overt commercialism and becomes bored and cantankerous if envelopes are not being sufficiently pushed. (Times Online)
* Designers play their best cards Feb 20, 2008
Francisco Costa continued to refine the minimalism that has always been the signature of Calvin Klein collections. Donna Karan got the shape message and made it her own, adding volume to not-very-flattering, slouchy, draped shapes. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
'Branded and On Display' at the intersection of art and commerce Feb 15, 2008
There's triumph in its harmonious minimalism; Cameron has appropriated the ugliest stuff of commerce and made it beautiful. Coca-Cola appears twice, as artists put its red-and-white stamp on old and new. (Boston Globe)
Protest docs for young people Feb 8, 2008
Plus: Mississippi minimalism, suddenly hot. Wednesday, Jan 23, 2008 12:00 EST. (Salon)
Suzy Menkes: Bland is banished Feb 7, 2008
Fur and feather trimmings - with the plumes fluffing up a skirt - were intriguing decorations that moved the collection beyond minimalism. And even when outfits were apparently plain, they had special effects, like ribbons lacing the back, sliced by a zipper; or a loose top revealing corseted curves underneath. (International Herald Tribune)
Wallpaper - poetry for walls Feb 7, 2008
With the fashion for the bare white-washed identikit minimalism of the 1980s and 1990s now dead and gone, the taste for strong individual statements in interior design has favoured the wall's return ... "We'd been through this long period of minimalism of neutral colours and suddenly there was this splash of colour. Now everyone's doing paper," said Burles, whose company quadrupled turnover in four years and sells to 52 nations. (iAfrica.com)
Zen and the art of contemporary urban design Feb 6, 2008
Architecture students the world over are hand-reared on colour glossy images of late-model Japanese buildings; the matte monochrome of Tadao Ando, the billowing puns of Shigeru Ban, the fragrant minimalism of Junya Ishigamia, the grand statements of Itsuko Hasegawa, the playful cartoonery of Toyo Ito, the ricepaper luminosity of Kazuyo Sejima. What such images really demonstrate, however, is how woeful an anteroom architectural publishing really offers to the actuality of place. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
The road to the abstract in Balinese painting Feb 3, 2008
Work by the alumni of the Indonesian Institute of Art, in particular, reveals this tendency toward minimalism. The cosmic idea used in Balinese abstract painting is part of a mystical belief system. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Writing on the wall Jan 23, 2008
She thinks the popularity of typography as art is part of a larger trend toward minimalism in home dcor. For awhile, things were really getting almost Victorian, she said. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
The most beautiful modern painting in the world Jan 19, 2008
If Les Demoiselles contains within it the seeds of dada and surrealism and every impulse in modern art to unleash dark forces, Matisse, in the final, 1910 version of Dance, anticipates abstract art, minimalism and every artwork that invites the dismissal: is that all. This sumptuous masterpiece leads to the lights going on and off. (Guardian Unlimited)
* [ART JOURNAL]: First and last Jan 17, 2008
All were alienated by dominant movements like Minimalism. Miriam Schapiro's Little Fan (1975) PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
How to bring the past to life in 2008 Jan 11, 2008
There's a separate move toward minimalism, including chinoiserie that's more Mod than Ming ... me have fashioned the hand-plastered Couronnes chandelier ($4,150), top right, a vision of soft-white minimalism. (FOX59, IN)
Finding marketing monikers an art form for furniture makers Jan 3, 2008
In recent years, as decorators and indie furniture designers rebelled against the minimalism that held sway early in the decade, an individualistic, mix-and-match aesthetic has become fashionable, and is now becoming the norm. This look - contemporary spaces peppered with antiques and crafts pieces, bespoke furnishings that tweak traditional forms with unusual materials - has filtered into the mainstream consciousness, thanks largely to TV makeover programs, magazines and blogs. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Social ferment not always reflected in fermentation of artworks Dec 31, 2007
Major movements like pop art and minimalism, it's been frequently noted, produced cool art in a heated time. It's just as true of this decade, another time of immense social ferment, that political art isn't at the forefront. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Christmas-tastic lounges Dec 21, 2007
The place is a monument to minimalism, even at the holidays, but the crowd is plenty sparkly, as sequin mini dresses are the unofficial uniform of a certain breed of stylish Scottsdale women this season. At AZ 88, the timelessly modern restaurant has installed their traditional holiday art piece and it's, as expected, an avant-garde conversation-starter. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Lucian Freud stripped bare Dec 14, 2007
Sometimes this happens with breathtaking minimalism, as it does in Freud's images of a nude blond woman he depicted several times between 1985 and 1990 in both paintings and etchings. In the etchings all signs of furniture have been left out, and the body floats in space. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
A life in pictures Dec 2, 2007
I'm not keen on minimalism,' she says unnecessarily. It is a relief to go upstairs to her bright, light studio, where she urges me to smoke because she says she loves the smell. (Guardian Unlimited)
Kaleidoscope eyes Dec 1, 2007
She toyed with the idea of minimalist living but, she says, restricted consumerism - a prerequisite of minimalism - was not going to suit someone who was "born to shop". And living with so much clutter. (Guardian Unlimited)
For Carl Andre, beauty is in the basics Nov 27, 2007
With artists such as the late Sol LeWitt, Donald Judd and Dan Flavin, he shaped the austere, tough-minded movement known as Minimalism. Partly a reaction to the emotional excess of Abstract Expressionism, it grew into an enormously influential aesthetic force that continues to reverberate. (Los Angeles Times)
'Las Vegas Diaspora' at the Vegas Art Museum Nov 20, 2007
Bradley Corman's black, anodized aluminum wall relief starts with a sober, Donald Judd-style Minimalism. But the striated horizontal surface of the wide, rectangular relief is slightly bowed, almost imperceptibly engaging ambient light. (Los Angeles Times)
Art class offers inmates new skills, perspective Nov 11, 2007
The course covers Impressionism, cubism, Dadaism, Surrealism, abstract expressionism, pop art, minimalism, performance art, conceptual art, and contemporary artists. Other inmates sometimes taunt the artists, but many are intrigued, said Michael Duff, an inmate in the class who is serving time for assault. (Boston Globe)
'It is like a jewel' Nov 8, 2007
"Sch?tte, 52, studied under painter Gerhard Richter at the D?sseldorf Academy and has always gone his own way, but been relaxed about taking ideas from conceptual art and minimalism, from theatre set design and architecture. He says music and the movies were more important to his generation of art students than old churches and classical art. We sit wallowing in the silence for a bit, Sch?tte smoking and looking into his coffee cup, until I ask who it is he wants to beat, who he imagines he's... (Guardian Unlimited)
Jim Goldberg's brave images are more than just art Nov 4, 2007
Curators have long treated the Bechers' work as a sort of photographic outrigger to minimalism. Wurtz alludes to them and to an earlier 20th century photographic trope of the monumental industrial building as inspiring icon of utopian ideals. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Painter Robert Ferrandini pushes past tragedy Oct 26, 2007
William Bailey, the iconic American painter of still lifes who stuck to his serenely formal subject while waves such as Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, and Minimalism rolled past him, has a gorgeous show at Alpha Gallery. The exhibit features drawings and paintings of still lifes and nudes. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Good grief, what a muse Oct 22, 2007
Minimalism was the key. "As Sparky set himself through draft after experimental draft to make the most of his shrunken panels, it came to him that the less he drew, the more he caught the eye," Michaelis writes of Schulz's efforts to shoulder his way into the company of competitors "Li'l Abner," "Nancy," (with her foil, Sluggo) and other popular strips of the late '40s and early '50s. (Boston Globe)
Smithsonian Given Castelli Records Oct 20, 2007
He introduced revolutionary and cutting-edge works of Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Op Art, Color Field Painting, Minimalism, Conceptual Art and Neo-expressionism, among other movements, to the interested public. The groundbreaking Leo Castelli Gallery has had three successive Manhattan locations: 4 East 77 Street, 420 Broadway and 18 East 77 Street, its current residence. (Suite101.com)
'Rendition': Giving a moral crisis the Hollywood treatment Oct 19, 2007
Gyllenhaal, for his part, tries his hand at minimalism, conveying his character's ethical quandary by moping and mumbling. The two of them are an oddly captivating team. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
CMU exhibits produce balance Oct 17, 2007
But the warmth of his organic forms and the cool minimalism of hers provide balance and initiate discussion at the Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University. The 15 pieces of furniture in "Nakashima: The Carnegie Mellon Collection Revealed" -- each reflecting the noted artist's respect for natural form and integrity of craftsmanship -- are on loan from CMU offices where they have withstood daily use since they were commissioned for the new Warner Hall, completed in 1966. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Spano leads BSO back to Gandolfi's 'Garden' Oct 13, 2007
But neither the chipper minimalism of "Fractal Terrace" nor the puzzling romp through music history via quotations in "The Universe Cascade" proved persuasive at first hearing. Still, Gandolfi is a richly imaginative composer, and one hopes for a chance to hear this work in its entirety. (Boston Globe)
New Coffee Beverage - Emmi CAFFE LATTE(TM) - Launches 'Cooler Art' in Chicago Oct 6, 2007
"Untitled" by G.L. Smothers -- An industrial designer who prefers minimalism and contemporary designs, Smothers sleek use of a black base highlights the deep reds that would complement a modern home or office. "Universe" by Shayna Bracha Farber -- The artists' influences of Kandinsky and Klee are evident in this pastel-colored mini-refrigerator. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The Composer in His Own Words Oct 4, 2007
John Adams expands beyond minimalism, surprising listeners with his distinctive, exhilarating works ... Although linked with Steve Reich and Philip Glass as a triumvirate of minimalism, Adams moved years ago far beyond the basic chords, reiterative melodies and pulsating beat of that musical language ... "You can say my music has roots in minimalism, was influenced by it as a method.". (SunSpot.net)
What's the point of the Turner Prize? Oct 3, 2007
His work here, steel forms that stand on a brink between minimalism and functionality, is the strongest sculpture. On the other hand, the opportunity to see some of these works again is also an opportunity to realise that they don't sustain a second viewing. (Independent)
The MFA's new craft show lacks a coherent concept Oct 2, 2007
Donald Fortescue's discus-shaped sculpture of laminated birch plywood, 4 feet across, is an exercise in mild-mannered minimalism that would look very much at home in a corporate hotel lobby. Ron Fleming's wooden bowl turned from a box-elder burl, with its rim beautifully carved into wavy, reed-like forms, is an impressive feat of woodworking and lovely to behold; so is Ben Trupperb umer's wooden platter with Art Nouveau-style tendrils sculpted in relief. (Boston Globe)
Not quite art Oct 2, 2007
With that said, how many gamers know where the horizon should be placed on the canvas, complementary colours and the rules behind minimalism. Posted by: terrarocks on October 2, 2007 4:58 PM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
N.Y.C. Fashion Week boasts busts, brilliance Sep 18, 2007
Although her collection breaks no new ground, it manages to present us with an elegant mode of wearable minimalism. Undoubtedly, the most anticipated show of New York Fashion Week was and is that of Marc Jacobs a godlike figure to editors, trust-fund children, hipsters, and the masses. (Yale Herald, CT)
A Chat With the Icons Sep 17, 2007
I love beautiful clothes, so when fashion became about grunge and minimalism I never followed. I think those trends were very offensive for women. (Time.com)
Latin American masters of soulful straight lines Sep 15, 2007
New York overtakes Paris as the capital of art, setting the stage for Pop, Minimalism and beyond ... In this flamboyant little work geometry turns blunt, in advance of Minimalism, and cartoonishly savvy, in advance (and somewhat contradictorily) of the abstract painter Elizabeth Murray ... Next to this skittering energy, the four-square boxes and grids of American Minimalism can look pretty flat-footed. (International Herald Tribune)
Geography Lessons Sep 14, 2007
"I don't think we could have survived in the late 1990s because minimalism, which was so popular then, is so easy to copy," says Hernandez. Indeed, consumers who want to buy a black sweater or a pair of black pants are inclined to go directly to Hthe best price. (Time.com)
N.Y. fashion week Sep 13, 2007
Francisco Costa, Calvin Klein's creative director, succeeded in reigniting minimalism, so redolent of the 1980s, and making it look modern and relevant. Multimedia. (International Herald Tribune)
Table-hopping in Atlanta Sep 8, 2007
THE PLACE Part of the new $124 million Renzo Piano extension to the Woodruff Arts Center, Table 1280 (1280 Peachtree St.; 404/897-1280; lunch for two $45) is a showcase of elegant minimalism: two soaring, light-drenched white rooms with little in the way of embellishment but a pair of striking art installations. Though chef Todd Immel, who trained under the great Gunther Seeger, one of the top toques in the United States, plays it safe here, the setting alone is worth the price of a meal. (CNN -- Travel)
A Reader’s Manifesto Aug 31, 2007
As the novelist and critic David Lodge has remarked, in summing up a lecture about the coexistence of fabulation, minimalism, and other movements, "Everything is in and nothing is out." Coming from insiders to whom a term like "fabulation" actually means something, this hyperbole is excusable, even endearing; it's as if a team of hotel chefs were getting excited about their assortment of cabbages. From a reader's standpoint, however, "variety" is the last word that comes to mind, and more... (The Atlantic Online)
