Minimalism: On and Off Paper
September 28 - November 17, 2006

Carl Andre  |  Larry Bell  |  Walter de Maria  |  Dan Flavin  |  Eva Hesse
Donald Judd  |  Ellsworth Kelly  |  Sol Lewitt  |  Robert Mangold |
Brice Marden  |  Agnes Martin  |  Robert Ryman  |  Fred Sandback
Richard Serra  |  Anne Truitt  |  Richard Tuttle

Vivian Horan Fine Art is pleased to present Minimalism: On and Off Paper, a group exhibition featuring works from the late 1960s, 70s, and 80s by some of the most renowned artists associated with the Minimalist movement. This show comes on the heels of an increased interest by major museums in exhibiting the work of Minimalist artists in the last several years.

The actual production of Minimalist works did not necessarily come from the hand of the artist, often they were industrially manufactured; however, the idea for the work did. For this reason it is imperative to examine drawings and sketches used in the planning of these works as important objects in their own right. The focus of this exhibition provides a rare opportunity to view such works in an intimate gallery setting.

Minimalism came about as a reaction to Abstract Expressionism, and though the works by these artists are extremely diverse, the label "Minimalism" was used to describe a cohesive group with striking similarities. Minimalist works challenged notions of what art was at the time, as did contemporaneous developments such as Pop and Conceptual art. Minimalism, however, also explored ideas about detachment, repeated patterns, standard units, commonplace materials, and seriality. It transformed the viewer's experience from one who interprets the underlying meaning of a work to a perceiver of simple physical materials within a defined space.

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