We call those works of art concrete that came into being on the basis of their inherent resources and rules - without external borrowing from natural phenomena, without transforming those phenomena, in other words: not by abstraction.
Max BillAbout author
- Author's profession: Architect
- Nationality: swiss
- Born: December 22, 1908
- Died: December 8, 1994
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