"Creation is the result of activity and not thinking. It is activity that generates ideas which, themselves, give rise to other ones. It is a process in the course of which decisive choices are made in a mysterious way. It is the automatism with which the farmer ploughs the fields, a phenomenon that

Bright, Layered, Minimal, Pristine, Sensual, Sophisticated, Spare, Tranquil

Brooklyn-based sculptor born in New York in 1973. Included in the 2006 Whitney Biennial.

Conceptual, Sincere, Spare

In his early career, during the late 1960s and early 70s, Robert Irwin followed in the footsteps of the abstract expressionists. He started as a painter, but quickly adopted objects and materials that would allow him to explore, with greater breadth, notions of perception and the effects of light and

Atmospheric, Bright, Chance, Geometric, Minimal, Pastoral, Psychological, Spare

Absurd, Anal, Architectural, Charming, Clean, Clever, Composed, Contemplative, Dissonant, Ebullient, Eclectic, Enigmatic, Experimental, Flux, Geometric, Industrial, Layered, Machinistic, Mathematical, Minimal, Organic, Quirky, Repetition, Spare, Surface, Whimsical