White Form, 2012

ELLSWORTH KELLY
White Form, 2012
Painted aluminum
80 x 71 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. (203 x 182 x 11 cm)
Edition 2 of 2, plus 1 Artist’s Copy

A fusion of sculpture and painting, Ellsworth Kelly’s masterful White Form is an example of the artist’s careerlong fascination with shaped paintings in which influences of nature, form, and architecture collide. The effectiveness of the work’s gleaming aluminum surface combined with the precision of its hard edges lead the viewer to infer an almost industrial quality to the work, however the unconventional form and circular balance subverts an organic, harmonious nature.