Following a different track in the quest of minimalism, I came up with this.

Thomas

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Thomas de Groot wrote:
> Following a different track in the quest of minimalism, I came up with this.
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> Thomas
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It's a beautiful image and I think it hints at how the text and its 
message have become iconic.  I find the color slightly problematic in a 
couple of ways.  First, classic minimalists inlucing Mies ( I think ) 
would have eschewed color.  Unless it appeared either sufficiently 
"lurid" or else sufficiently "industrial" in the case of some.  But it 
is not clear that you are trying to mimic a classicly minimal art piece. 
  But then there is my second objection.  I just don't like the bluish 
grays at top and bottom all that much.  It's okay, I just wonder if some 
other choice might work better. I do understand that you are probably 
quoting the idea of the three primaries. But I think a harmony along a 
single axis ie green/red or blue/yellow  might work better.

But all in all, I like the "take".  It seems to echo a lot of the themes 
from the minimalism era.

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"Jim Charter" <jrc### [at] msncom> schreef in bericht
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> >
> It's a beautiful image and I think it hints at how the text and its
> message have become iconic.  I find the color slightly problematic in a
> couple of ways.  First, classic minimalists inlucing Mies ( I think )
> would have eschewed color.  Unless it appeared either sufficiently
> "lurid" or else sufficiently "industrial" in the case of some.  But it
> is not clear that you are trying to mimic a classicly minimal art piece.
>   But then there is my second objection.  I just don't like the bluish
> grays at top and bottom all that much.  It's okay, I just wonder if some
> other choice might work better. I do understand that you are probably
> quoting the idea of the three primaries. But I think a harmony along a
> single axis ie green/red or blue/yellow  might work better.
>
> But all in all, I like the "take".  It seems to echo a lot of the themes
> from the minimalism era.

Thank you indeed, Jim! I always much appreciate your comments. I may agree
with your first objection, but - as you surmise- I am not trying to mimic.
Instead, I try to explore new ways in which to express minimalism, in this
case with a reference to a source. The truth is that color may distract from
the concept, however. Hmmm... Have to experiment further I guess.
Your second objection is perfectly true. An earlier version where the
background was dark blue, was better imo. I shall go further in a more
harmonic direction and see what that results in.

Thomas

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This is a new version, following comments by Jim Charter.

I tried out a different text too, with - and + signs refering to the
preceding one.

Thomas

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Thomas de Groot wrote:
> This is a new version, following comments by Jim Charter.
> 
> I tried out a different text too, with - and + signs refering to the
> preceding one.
> 



Nice. Compositionally very strong I think.  The color works much better and

  even sets up an interesting permutation on the spectrum wheel.  The text
now gives a playful illusion of having recomposed itself in each reflection.

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"Jim Charter" <jrc### [at] msncom> schreef in bericht
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> Nice. Compositionally very strong I think.  The color works much better
and
>
>   even sets up an interesting permutation on the spectrum wheel.  The text
> now gives a playful illusion of having recomposed itself in each
reflection.


Thank you Jim. I feel this is one end product, indeed. I shall leave this
track as is. Still a few others to explore. Stay tuned!

Thomas

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