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1	Minimal Art: A Critical Anthology more books like this by Gregory Battcock (Editor) add to wishlist This is a collection of writings by and about the work of the 1960s minimalists, illustrated with photographs of paintings, sculptures and performance. see all copies from $3.28! new only from $38.34! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Minimalism more books like this by James Meyer (Editor) add to wishlist The term Minimalism was coined to describe the work of a group of American artists who, in the 1960s, produced a decidedly unexpressionistic, reductive work with a hard industrial feel. While numerous minimalist painters exist, among them Robert Ryman, Robert Mangold and Brice Marden, most of the key Minimalists - Andre, Flavin Judd, LeWitt and ... see all copies from $40.00! new only from $40.00! \| first editions
3	Minimalism: Art and Polemics in the Sixties more books like this by James Meyer add to wishlist What is minimalism? The answer to this simple question has defied simple answers. In this highly readable history of minimalist art James Meyer argues that 'minimalism' was not a coherent movement but a field of overlapping and sometimes opposed practices. He traces in comprehensive detail the emergence of six figures associated with the ... see all copies from $21.50! new only from $30.00! \| first editions
4	Design Art: Functional Objects from Donald Judd to Rachel Whiteread more books like this by Dr. Barbara Bloemink, Barbara Bolemink, Joseph Cunningham add to wishlist The most comprehensive and authoritative book available on the domestic furniture, lighting and design objects of Minimalist and Post-Minimalist artists from the 1960s to the present, including Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, Dan Flavin, Robert Rauschenberg, John Baldessari, Rachel Whiteread, Richard Tuttle, Scott Burton and Isamo Noguchi. see all copies from $75.00! new only from $178.98! \| first editions
5	Minimalism more books like this by David Batchelor add to wishlist Many people have difficulty in appreciating Carl Andre's "Equivalent VIII", consisting of 120 bricks, as a work of art. This publication shows not only how "the bricks" are indeed sculpture, but that minimalist works such as this present some of the most interesting and imaginative work of the 1960s. Minimalism emerged and developed as a reaction ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.48!
6	Practically Minimal: Simply Beautiful Solutions for Modern Living more books like this by Maggie Toy add to wishlist The new minimalist style of interior design is not about bare, white-walled rooms, starkly devoid of signs of human life; nor is it about massive expense and austere living. Many of today's designers - no longer content with hard-edged purity - adapt the minimalist vocabulary and imbue it with innovative, yet practical, twists. This book offers ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.67!
7	Tony Delap more books like this by Bruce Guenther add to wishlist A retrospective monograph that surveys the career of Tony DeLap, the leading artist of Southern Californian Minimalism. DeLap has sought to express the purity of idea and form through his lifelong exploration of the realm between painting and sculpture. With meticulous construction, manipulation of form and intellectual rigour, he has created ... see all copies from $8.20! new only from $14.53! \| first editions
8	A Minimal Future?: Art as Object 1958-1968 more books like this by Ann Goldstein (Editor), Lisa Mark (Editor) add to wishlist As a new movement that arose in the 1950s and 1960s, Minimalism challenged traditional ideas about art-making and the art object. A Minimal Future? Art As Object 1958-1968, which accompanies a major exhibition at The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, offers a redefinition of Minimalism by situating it in the context of the concurrent ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $37.44! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Minimalism: Art of Circumstance more books like this by Kenneth Baker, S.J add to wishlist Examines how the Minimalists removed illusion and habits of perception from their art, essential starting with nothing, and forced viewers to do the same. Illustrated with works ranging from small-scale sculpture to massive earthworks, the text traces the trends Minimalism succeeded and preceded. see all copies from $12.50! new only from $29.98! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Modern Style more books like this by Elinor Friedman Felcher add to wishlist Today's new minimalism is worlds away from the stark, white, sterile minimalist environments of the 1970s. Now neutral settings concentrate on shape and texture with occasional bold flashes of color. This book will show readers the finest examples of the style in residences and how to apply this style in their own homes. 100 color photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $36.00! \| first editions
11	Minimal Art more books like this by Gregory Battcock (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
12	Labyrinths: Robert Morris, Minimalism & the 1960's more books like this by Maurice Berger add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00! signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Minimalism: Origins more books like this by Edward Strickland add to wishlist "The death of Minimalism is announced regularly, which may be the surest testimonial to its staying power," says Strickland in this study, the first to examine in detail Minimalist tendencies in the plastic arts and music. Investigating the origins of Minimalism in postwar American culture, Strickland redefines it as a movement that developed ... see all copies from $22.09! new only from $22.56! \| SVS
14 view cover	Aspects of Minimal Architecture II more books like this by Maggie Toy (Editor) add to wishlist Minimal architecture as practised today reflects the desire for a reductivist way of life, a search for calm and tranquil environments, and a desire to rid life of unnecessary clutter. Designers who follow this design format have their theories rooted in those of the modern movement and the discussions about the validity of this source go on and ... see all copies from $14.85! new only from $29.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Eva Hesse more books like this by Mignon Nixon (Editor), Cindy Nemser (Editor) add to wishlist Eva Hesse's distinctive process-based art exerted a powerful influence on minimalist artists of the 1960s and continues to inspire artists. Using industrial materials such as latex and fiberglass, she exploited their flexibility to produce works with an unsettling psychic and corporeal resonance. Hesse, who was born in Germany in 1936 and raised ... see all copies from $13.13! new only from $13.13! \| SVS
16 view cover	The Minimalist Garden more books like this by Christopher Bradley-Hole add to wishlist Minimalist gardens, with their emphasis on clean lines, pure form and a strong sense of space, are becoming increasingly popular. Exploring some of the very best examples - large and small, urban and rural - from around the world, award-winning garden designer Christopher Bradley-Hole explains how an understanding of space and proportion can be ... see all copies from $16.03! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
17	Signs of Life: Process and Materials, 1960-1990 more books like this by Melissa Feldman, University of Pennsylvania add to wishlist see all copies from $18.92! new only from $99.98! \| first editions
18 view cover	Roni Horn more books like this by Lynne Cooke, Louise Neri, Thierry De Duve add to wishlist This comprehensive monograph documents the work of Roni Horn, the natural successor to 1960s Minimalists Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt et al, but with a markedly 1980s to 1990s conceptual twist. Horn "disguises" her work as Minimalism, but infuses it with personal poetic references and unexpected emotion. Initially working only in sculpture, in ... see all copies from $66.69! new only from $66.69!
19 view cover	Less is More: Minimalism in Architecture and Other Arts more books like this by Vittorio E Savi, Josep M Montaner add to wishlist see all copies from $29.25!
20	Sense and Sensibility: Women Artists and Minimalism in the Nineties more books like this by Lynn Zelevansky, Museum of Modern Art add to wishlist see all copies from $15.70! new only from $67.00! \| first editions
21	Minimalism and Post-Minimalism: Drawing Distinctions more books like this by Lisa Anderson add to wishlist see all copies from $25.00! SVS
22 view cover	Less is More: Minimalism in Architecture and Other Arts more books like this by Xavier Costa (Text by), Wim Wenders (Text by), Luca Montemaggi (Text by) add to wishlist Contributions by Xavier Costa, Marco de Michelis, Ignasi de Sola-Morales, Ernest Hemingway, Luca Montemaggi, Ezra Stoller, Wim Wenders. see all copies from $86.45!
23 view cover	Sense and Sensibility more books like this by Lynn Zelevansky add to wishlist Sense and Sensibility presents the work of seven female artists who deliberately violate some precepts of Minimalism while accepting others, using Minimalist strategies in concert with such unorthodox materials as cast lipstick, eye shadow, plastic bags, and crushed stretch velvet. The artists are: Polly Apfelbaum, Mona Hatoum, Rachel Lachowicz, ... see all copies from $9.50!
24	Art of Our Time Volume 2 more books like this by Mr. Hilton Kramer, Robert Rosemblum, Peter Schjeldahl add to wishlist see all copies from $15.94!
25	From a Curator's Point of View: Making Selections and Forging Connections: Lee Bontecou, Eva Hesse, Donald Judd, Sol Lewitt, Brice Marden, Robert Morr more books like this by Dan Smith (Photographer), Douglas Dreishpoon, Sheila Schwartz (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $274.73! new only from $274.73! \| first editions

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