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Carl Andre – Greatest economy, Greatest ends

Posted on November 3, 2008 by yerbamatte

“‘Minimal’ means to me only the greatest economy in attaining the greatest ends.”(1) Carl Andre Quoted in Minimalism- Art of Circumstance, Cross River Press Press, 1988, p.14 “In a 1996 interview, the sculptor Carl Andre, wrote this in a passage … Continue reading →

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Carl Andre – Sculpture as “place”

Posted on November 2, 2008 by yerbamatte

Carl Andre (born September 16, 1935) is an American minimalist artist. Andre’s concept of sculpture as “place” is of singular importance to the evolution of his work and to minimalist work in general. Carl Andre

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Carl Andre “Spatial Specificity”

Posted on November 2, 2008 by yerbamatte

Carl Andre Influenced by Constantin Brancusi and by the black paintings of his friend Frank Stella. In his work to date, he continues to emphasize material and spatial specificity. Carl Andre, Guggenheim Collection

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