Mono-ha
もの派 / late 1960s–1970s / Style / Modern and Contemporary Art Movements
A Japanese tendency that placed stone, wood, glass, steel, and cotton with minimal transformation to expose relations among things, site, support, fracture, and gravity rather than constructing a finished shape.
Natural and industrial matter placed in pairs or small groups / Visible cutting, support, pressure, and gravity / Floor and wall contact replacing a strong pedestal / Largely unprocessed stone, steel, wood, cotton, and glass
Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Making contact, support, and weight legible instead of using material as a symbol · Letting architecture or product displays hold the boundary between natural and industrial matter
- Type
- Move explanation to the wall and name only the material relation.
- Composition
- Set distance, contact, and center of mass between two materials and keep walk-around space.
- Material
- Use stone, steel plate, wood, cotton, or glass without cosmetic finishing, concealing only the safety engineering.
- Caution
- Placing a stone is not enough. If the relation among material, placement, and site cannot be stated, it becomes display rather than Mono-ha.
- Further study
- Lee Ufan and Sekine Nobuo / Phase—Mother Earth and Relatum / encounter, place and material relation
Related entries
- Arte Povera (アルテ・ポーヴェラ)Shared effects: Rebellion / Calm.Compare Mono-ha and Arte Povera
- Earthwork / Land Art (アースワーク／ランドアート)Shared effects: Calm / Rebellion.Compare Mono-ha and Earthwork / Land Art
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