Lewis Baltz: New Industrial Parks Near Irvine, California

Abstract

expressionist "equivalents," it was not Baltz's aim to create minimalist surrogates. Baltz instead adopted the language of minimalism, which dealt with the material elements of painting and the quality of surface, to create precise, descriptive images. Because of this, Baltz's photographs of structures in industrial parks have the effect of architectural drawings or forensic documents.16