Shape Matters

An interesting thing happens when an artist pares their work down to its most basic elements: for instance, when color is reduced in intensity or to a monochrome, the form is revealed. We are fortunate that the paint has worn off Greek Sculptures. There are more recent examples of artists who did this: Brancusi, Mondrian, Irwin, Albers, and many more. Perhaps the minimalists overdid it, but someone needs to push the envelope, and even then something remains.

Every imaginable shape creates a peculiar aesthetic feeling. In sculpture the shape is immediately present from every point of view. There is only the shape and its attendant feeling. And aesthetic feeling matters.