White paintings came up in the art movement of minimalism in the late 1950& #39;s. Famous painters such as Kasimir Milevich, Agness Martin, Jo Baer and Josef Albers have explore the world of white minimal paintings.
There is a lot of controversy around white paintings, but there is a lot more than meets the eye. White isn& #39;t a pure thing, there are so much different undertones possible in white. It could be more green, blue, pink and go on.
There is mostly a lot going on there, besides undertones in colour there is also line, texture, patterns and yes even colour.
There are a lot of details that make it so much more than just a white canvas.
There are a lot of details that make it so much more than just a white canvas.
Minimalism has an objection against abtract expressionism or gestural art like for example Pollock. They wanted order, simplicity and harmony, so they wanted to get away from that gestural art. They wanted art that was as far removed from the artist.