Description: MINIMALISM - Art of Circumstance. by Kenneth Baker. Signed by author with black pen on first page: "Sam / There's nothing / left to say except / Happy 41st Birthday / With a handshake / - Kenneth". Abbeville Modernt Art Movements series. Abbeville Press. US. 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust-jacket. 144 pages. It's 11.5" x 8.8" x 0.75". 2lb 3oz. In Very Good condition. Dust-jacket shows some wear, specially on top of front cover. Pages are clean and attached to spine; no markings, stains, tears, etc. Please check photos. This thoughtful, well-written book offers a clear, concise look at an art that reveals no personal touch but has an immediacy that challenges the viewer. Examining Minimalism's major figures--primarily the sculptors--Baker celebrates the movement's elegant relationship with the past, evident in Shaker plainness and Sheeler precisionism, and predicts its demise as Neo-Geo, simulation, and mass-produced, smugly overblown products begin to dominate. He thus traces a shift from "an art that excludes the unnecessary to a culture so overcoded and content-addled that even the most trivial and passing forms and happenings appear to carry messages." A philosophical, provocative questioning of aesthetic values and a comment on the social, political, and economic tenor of the American art scene; highly recommended. - Paula Frosch. MMNY. - Free shipping anywhere in the USA. - I do ship International. Please email me to ask for rates BEFORE PURCHASING. - Please, email me to ask any question.
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
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Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Format: Hardcover
Personalize: No
Number of Pages: 144
Topic: Minimalism
Book Series: Art Movements
Vintage: Yes
Era: 1980s
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Ex Libris: No
Edition: First Edition
Language: English
Publication Year: 1988
Item Weight: 2lb 3oz
Book Title: MINIMALISM
Intended Audience: Adults
Author: Kenneth Baker
Original Language: English
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Abbeville Press
Inscribed: Yes
Signed: Yes
Genre: Art & Culture
Personalized: No
Type: Picture Book
