Minimal art from the Marzona Collection : Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, Lee Lozano, Robert Ryman, Fred Sandback, Richard Serra, Richard Tuttle / [exhibition coordinator, Polly Robinson Gaer ; editors, Oona Doyle and Paul B. Franklin
Catalogue of an exhibition held at Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, London, 28 April - 29 July 2017.
Contents:
A picture of time / Thaddaeus Ropac -- Minimalism's ascetic tenor / Alistair Rider -- Colour plates -- Catalogue of the works / Alistair Rider
Summary:
At a time when Abstract Expressionism prevailed and was identified as an American-abstract art, artists with a different vision adopted a less painterly and subjective approach. These 'Minimal' artists attempted to remove expressive, narrative or symbolic interpretations for the viewer to concentrate on the qualities of form, colour, space and materials. To draw the viewer into a direct relationship with the artwork they created their own pictorial language, often based on the use of simple geometric forms and employed industrial materials. The Marzona Collection was shown in a museum context in Vienna at the Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig in 1995, then during the 2001 Venice Biennale at Villa Manin (and also in the Kunsthalle Bielefeld) and has been on long-term loan to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
