Art History + Happy Hour: Minimalism
Schedule
Wed Oct 30 2024 at 05:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
501 E 9th St, Little Rock, AR, United States, Arkansas 72202 | Little Rock, AR
The influential Minimalist movement of the 1960s and 1970s found artists rejecting the emotive and dynamic gestural forms of Abstract Expressionism, an American style of art that flourished after World War II. Instead, the Minimalists reduced art to its core components: color, line, and form. Sophisticated and spare, these radically abstract works highlight the harmonic beauty of simplicity.
Join AMFA Curator Dr. Jennifer Jankauskas as she discusses this period in art history, charting its wide influences from early twentieth-century Russian Constructivism and Suprematism and the philosophy of Japanese Wabi-Sabi. It will also explore the lasting impacts of Minimalism on art, architecture, design, and popular culture.
All registered participants enjoy a complimentary charcuterie board with beverages available for purchase. AMFA Members receive one free drink with the option to purchase additional beverages.
Happy hour begins at 5:30 p.m. with the lecture starting promptly at 6:00 p.m.
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"Minimalism: Color, Line, Form" is supported by Dianne and Bobby Tucker.
ARTWORK: Sol LeWitt (Hartford, Connecticut, 1928 – 2007, New York, New York), Untitled, 1969, pen and black ink over graphite on wove Schoeller Stern paper, 14 3/8 x 20 1/8 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Purchase, Tabriz Fund. 1992.030.
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