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Disconcerting sculptures

The purity of Malevitch’s abstract paintings and Ad Reinhardt’s monochromes can be seen as major muses for minimalist painters, who chose to bring an end to the era of excessive egos—as in the case of Andy Warhol—and tortured souls—as in the case of Jackson Po***ck. Some of the greatest representatives of pictorial minimalism include Sol LeWitt and Frank Stella. Stella’s abstract object-paintings set in unconventional frames primarilu depict straight, diagonal or zig-zagging lines.

This abstract movement came in part from Modernism and was also inspired by the Bauhaus movement, whose leading artists include architect Mies Van der Rohe, who was famous for the motto “less is more”. Minimalist artists opts for pared-down, basic geometric shapes (circles, squares, lines) and limited color palettes (works are almost monochromatic).