Known as a “Romantic Minimalist”
The thing that still separates Marden from his minimalist peers is his inclusion of gesture, maybe still lingering from Abstract Expressionism. There is still room for accident, and idiosyncrasies in his work, that most minimalist artists edit out. Consider, Donald Judd’s sculptures. The epitome of Minimalist art. His work untouched by human hands, no mistakes, no human touch. In comparison to Marden’s work now. Completely created by drawing and erasing and then the medium itself. After a series of simple and completely captivating etchings, that Marden based off of Chinese Ideograms (symbols for writing) he started incorporating black meandering lines into his paintings. These Prints are some of the most gorgeous I've seen.
His paintings are highly influenced by his drawings, and vice versa. He is continually adding and erasing from his drawings until he sees what he needs to paint. These painting now act as large color fields. Very different from his multi-panel works, but with the same emphasis of touch, color, surface, and tone.
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