While I love Murakami here I must side with Meier;
"Those who judge minimalism by its appearance alone will call it spartan, austere, even soulless. But art and design are not just about appearances. Ornamentation is not art. Great art is about heightening our experiences. To me, the minimalist aesthetic is the most humanist of all, one that elicits the full power of all our senses."
Indeed!
yeah, holz, i was thinking the same thing. i'm no meier hater (i'm not a fan, either), but he is not the first name i think of when i think of minimalism. but then again, this is coming from esquire. this is probably obvious, but john pawson comes to mind when i think of minimalism.
haha. minimalism as a texture. what is left of minimalism when your stone tiles shaved in italy inspected to be perfect and shipped to some billioner's construction to be installed by people who wears laboratory clothing? it looks reductivist but only on the surface.
i always thought that was the biggest misunderstanding when architects translated minimalist art to white gallery interiors. minus the structuralist theory behind it.
i really think both meier and pawson are the most ornamentalists of them all.
maybe because i see more minimalist ideas carried out in a tract home?
do you guys remember john lurie's explanation of tv dinner in 'stranger than paradise'? that was pretty minimal.
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While I love Murakami here I must side with Meier;
"Those who judge minimalism by its appearance alone will call it spartan, austere, even soulless. But art and design are not just about appearances. Ornamentation is not art. Great art is about heightening our experiences. To me, the minimalist aesthetic is the most humanist of all, one that elicits the full power of all our senses."
Indeed!
unfortunately, i'd say a majority of meier's "minimalist" projects don't live up to his dictum, which i wholeheartedly agree with...
yeah, holz, i was thinking the same thing. i'm no meier hater (i'm not a fan, either), but he is not the first name i think of when i think of minimalism. but then again, this is coming from esquire. this is probably obvious, but john pawson comes to mind when i think of minimalism.
Dread,
I agree. Pawson is definetely at the top of my list, at least of contemporary minimalist architects.
haha. minimalism as a texture. what is left of minimalism when your stone tiles shaved in italy inspected to be perfect and shipped to some billioner's construction to be installed by people who wears laboratory clothing? it looks reductivist but only on the surface.
i always thought that was the biggest misunderstanding when architects translated minimalist art to white gallery interiors. minus the structuralist theory behind it.
i really think both meier and pawson are the most ornamentalists of them all.
maybe because i see more minimalist ideas carried out in a tract home?
do you guys remember john lurie's explanation of tv dinner in 'stranger than paradise'? that was pretty minimal.
oa, quality inn, missouri.
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