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Ellsworth Kelly

Systems of Clarity

Color as structure

ART–OTH–KEL

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Color as structure

Ellsworth Kelly

ART–OTH–KEL

Color as structure

Index Code:

ART–OTH–KEL

Orgin:

Newburgh, USA / Paris, France

Field Notes:

color as structure · proportion as emotion · form as clarity

Defining Moment:

Early 1950s — color as structure; form became language

Ellsworth Kelly

(

1923–2015

)

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Kelly built a world where color defined space.

Each canvas or shaped panel functions as a plane of perception — pigment as architecture.

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In his world, form is distilled to clarity, emotion concealed in edge and proportion.

Structural Focus

Reduction with Atmosphere

Form is reduced without becoming cold or purely rational. Minimal means are used to produce calm, resonance, or emotional density.

In Ellsworth Kelly’s work, this approach appears where color and shape are reduced to precise intervals and edges.

Position

Reduction with Atmosphere

Form is reduced without becoming cold or purely rational. Minimal means are used to produce calm, resonance, or emotional density.

In Ellsworth Kelly’s work, this approach appears where color and shape are reduced to precise intervals and edges.

Chromatic Fields

Color fields operate as spatial and structural organizers.

Systems of Clarity

Order and coherence arise through disciplined systems and constraints.

Proportion organizes coherence through measured intervals, scale, and relation.

Structure holds the work through rules, joins, and controlled relationships between parts.

Form operates as a site for material, perceptual, and conceptual inquiry.

Post-War Abstraction

Abstraction responds to rupture through scale, gesture, and structure.

Crisp boundaries and flat color emphasize precision and control.

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Structual Relations

The following practices are connected through shared structural decisions in form, material, and spatial logic.

Color as structure

In Dialogue

Color as reason

Color as virtue