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http://dx.doi.org/10.5659/JAIK_PD.2019.35.2.93

Limitations of Site-Specificity in Minimal Art: Focusing on Donald Judd's works  

Park, Mi Ye (School of Architecture, Kookmin University)
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Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea Planning & Design / v.35, no.2, 2019 , pp. 93-104 More about this Journal
Abstract
Minimal art, which began to flourish in the mid-1960s, explores perceptual situations caused by the involvement of objects in given site contexts. This has led to the mentions of minimal art as a site-specific art, but its limitations have also been pointed out. This study specifically addresses the limitations of minimal art as a site-specific art with two perceptual points of view. First, according to Michael Fried, situations described as 'now here' focus largely on the bodily experiences of a place. However, they do not rooted in specific time and space of a certain place. Second, the unique characteristics of a certain place are excluded from the perception of the body which occupies the passage of time. Self-sufficient algorithm, which is far from site-specific conditions, is the autonomous system creating the period in the way of arrangement of objects. In addition, Minimal art regards a body only as the objectivity excluding the subjectivity which is essential creating meaning in a place. In the latter part of the article, these features are dealt with through Donald Judd's works. This study on site-specificity also provides a new perspective on the discussion of Minimal architecture and Minimal landscape.
Keywords
Minimal Art; Site-Specific Art; Perception of 'Now Here'; Perception Occupying Duration; Self-Sufficient Algorithm; Negation of Semantic Production;
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