Nothing in art
July 5th 2007 05:55
Minimalism as an artform is the idea of reducing something to its most basic form including colour, shape, value, lines and texture - or lack of. Basically a reduction of form to only the essentials of geometric abstraction. Within this, no attempt is made at representation or to symbolize any other object or experience. Rather it is what it is and take it at that.
It seems to me that the ultimate aim of minimalism is nothing. The bare essentials - the essential of art itelf - is nothing. Unreachable though it is, it is what art strives for: an understanding of what nothing is, reflecting the urge of philsophers to understand nothingness in order to understand existence.
It seems to me that the ultimate aim of minimalism is nothing. The bare essentials - the essential of art itelf - is nothing. Unreachable though it is, it is what art strives for: an understanding of what nothing is, reflecting the urge of philsophers to understand nothingness in order to understand existence.
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