| Late Modernism - The Concept | | | | 1913-67), Robert Morris (US, 1965), Tony Smith |
| The years during which Late Modernism was | | | | (US, 1939), Sol Lewitt (US, 1928-2007), Robert |
| effective, spanned between the period after | | | | Smithson (US, 1938-73), Larry Bell (US, 1939), Dan |
| World War II and the early twenty-first century. | | | | Flavin (US, 1933-96), Carl Andre (US, 1935), |
| This form of art was said to be a reaction against | | | | Robert Mangold (US, 1937), and Ronald Bladen |
| radicalism and an experimentalism of the Modern | | | | (Canadian-American, 1918-88). |
| Art. However, the opinion remains divided on the | | | | The Correlations |
| 'individuality' of Late Modernism, which retains the | | | | Minimalism did not confine itself to the domain of |
| conceptual identity of Modernism and is only a | | | | painting, and found expression through sculptures, |
| phase in the broader eon of Modern Art, as | | | | as well. Frank Stella was among the lead |
| believed by some schools of thought. Another | | | | proponents of Minimalism in sculpturing. Color Field |
| closely related term is Post Modernism, which | | | | and Abstract Expressionism are regarded as the |
| arguably rests on the premise that art cannot be | | | | other founding stones of Late Modernism. The |
| innovative or forward-looking as opposed to | | | | two genres had certain overlap in the terms of |
| Modernism. Nevertheless, the boundaries remain | | | | artists, whereby several Abstract Expressionists |
| blurred. | | | | became the pioneers and ardent supporters of |
| The Details | | | | Color Field. Abstract Expressionism was that sect |
| An easy recognition of the works in Late | | | | of painting with which, the likes of Jackson Pollock, |
| Modernism is their relatively unambiguous | | | | Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Jane Frank, Barnett |
| representations and comprehensibility. Minimalism, | | | | Newman, Arshile Gorky, Hans Hofmann, Franz |
| characterized by most simplistic forms, is | | | | Kline, Clyfford Still, were identified. Jackson |
| regarded a Late Modernist genre. | | | | Pollock's 'No. 5' (1948), Helen Frankenthaler's |
| The Artists and the Artworks | | | | 'Mountains and Sea' (1952), and Barnett Newman's |
| Richard Tuttle's (US, 1941) 1967 piece 'Red | | | | 'Onement 1' (1948) are some of the legendary |
| Canvas' is a classic case of simplification in Late | | | | frames of Abstract Expressionism. Color Field is |
| Modernism. This frame features an irregular | | | | also a branch of Abstract Art, where underlying |
| octagon in reddish-brown color against a light | | | | simplicity of executions is made expressive by |
| background. Similarly, Kazimir Malevich's (Russian - | | | | the interplay of vibrant colors. 'Beginning' by |
| 1879-1935) 1913 work of oil on canvas titled, | | | | Kenneth Noland, created in 1958, is one of the |
| 'Black Square' is another design in plain geometric | | | | most prized pieces of Color Field painting. Similar is |
| shape. The fragmented color grid, known as | | | | 'Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue?' a 1966 |
| 'Composition No. 10' is yet another Minimalistic | | | | frame by Barnett Newman. |
| example, by Piet Mondrian (Dutch, 1872-1944). | | | | Conclusion |
| The best-known contributors to Late Modernism, | | | | No matter whether a consensus on the |
| through Minimalism, include Frank Stella (US, 1936), | | | | classification of Late Modernism is achieved or |
| Agnes Martin (Canadian-American, 1912-2004), | | | | not, its remarkable contribution to Contemporary |
| Donald Judd (US, 1928-94), Ad Reinhardt (US, | | | | Art scene cannot be denied. |