Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance I

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Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance I is an abstract work on paper by American artist Ellsworth Kelly that arranges colored squares according to chance operations to explore randomness, color, and visual perception.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abstract artwork
abstract work on paper
conceptual artwork
artHistoricalContext 20th-century abstraction
postwar American art
artisticApproach chance operations
systematic composition
artisticGoal explore color relationships
explore randomness
explore visual perception
compositionPrinciple grid structure
random distribution
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Ellsworth Kelly
creatorBirthYear 1923
creatorDeathYear 2015
creatorFullName Ellsworth Kelly
creatorNationality American
format work on paper
genre abstract art
hasPart colored squares
grid-like arrangement
influencedBy European abstraction
chance methods in modern art
languageOfTitle English
medium colored paper squares
gouache or colored paper (collage-related)
paper
method assignment of colors by chance procedures
pre-determined set of colors
movement Color field painting
Minimalism
relatedWork Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance I self-linksurface differs
surface form: Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance II
relatedWorkSeries Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance I self-linksurface differs
surface form: Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance series
subjectMatter none (non-objective)
theme color perception
order and chance
randomness
visual perception
titleType descriptive title
usesColor primary colors
secondary colors
spectrum colors
visualCharacteristic geometric
modular units
non-representational

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Ellsworth Kelly notableWork Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance I
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Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance I relatedWork Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance I self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance II