Between Illusion and Theatricality: Rosalind Krauss, Michael Fried and Minimalism

Authors

  • Manoel Silvestre Friques(Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil) Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – UNIRIO, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0106-2006

Keywords:

Minimalism. Rosalind Krauss. Michael Fried. Art Criticism. Theatricality.

Abstract

The article investigates Minimalism’s theatricality from the standpoint of Michael Fried’s and Rosalind Krauss’ critical readings. On the one hand, Krauss, from the very first moment in which she reflects on the works of Donald Judd and Dan Flavin, evidences their fundamental contradiction: the presence of the illusion, despite its rejection by the artists. On the other hand, Fried focuses on the alleged literalism of those projects, calling them theatricality. In the text, the two approaches will be confronted in order to explore the authors’ different views on the notion of theatricality.

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Author Biography

Manoel Silvestre Friques(Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil), Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – UNIRIO, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil

Manoel Silvestre Friques graduated as a Theater Theoretician - Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO); Industrial Engineer - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ); PhD in History - Social History Program of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio); Visiting Scholar of Columbia University (2015-16); MSc in Performing Arts by UNIRIO; Professor of the School of Engineering of Production – UNIRIO and of Graduate Program in Arts of Scene – UFRJ.

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Published

2022-10-02

How to Cite

Friques(Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil), M. S. (2022). Between Illusion and Theatricality: Rosalind Krauss, Michael Fried and Minimalism. Brazilian Journal on Presence Studies, 8(4), 807–837. Retrieved from https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/presenca/article/view/85206

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 4 (2018): Oct./Dec.2018

Section

Other Themes

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