Books like Dan Flavin
Loved Dan Flavin by Dan Flavin? Here are 7 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.
About Dan Flavin →7 books
- 1Complete Writings 1959-1975
Complete Writings 1959-1975
Donald JuddJudd's essays and reviews from the same years and circle as Flavin, covering the theory of Minimalist objects.
- 2Art and Objecthood
Art and Objecthood
Michael FriedA key critical text on Minimalism that argues against the theatrical presence of the objects Flavin and his peers made.
- 3Six Years
Six Years
Lucy R. LippardA survey of late-1960s art that puts Minimalism and conceptual work into a single account of the period.
- 4Continuous Project Altered Daily
Continuous Project Altered Daily
Robert MorrisWritings by another central Minimalist sculptor, on the process, perception and materials of the same generation.
- 5Passages in Modern Sculpture
Passages in Modern Sculpture
Rosalind E. KraussA history of modern sculpture that explains how the idea of the sculptural object changed in the twentieth century.
- 6The Return of the Real
The Return of the Real
Hal FosterAn account of the art of the late twentieth century that revisits Minimalism and its legacy in later practice.
- 7Movements in Art Since 1945
Movements in Art Since 1945
Edward Lucie-SmithA short survey of postwar art movements, placing Minimalism and related work in its wider context.
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