"I still think the social function of art is that kind of negative aesthetic. Otherwise there’s no social function for it."
"Untitled" (1959)
"Untitled," 1959
Oil paint on unstretched raw cotton canvas, 7 x 7 1/4 inches. Private Collection, Switzerland. Photo by: Ellen Page Wilson
Courtesy The Pace Gallery, New York
Oil paint on unstretched raw cotton canvas, 7 x 7 1/4 inches. Private Collection, Switzerland. Photo by: Ellen Page Wilson
Courtesy The Pace Gallery, New York
"Music is an abstract medium, and I thought painting should also just be what it’s about and not about other things- not about stories or symbolism. I don’t think of my painting as abstract because I don’t abstract from anything. It’s involved with real visual aspects of what you are looking at- whether wood, paint, or metal- how it’s put together, how it looks on the wall and works with the light. I use real light, so there’s not an illusion of light. It’s a real experience. The lines are real. You see real shadow. The wall is involved with the painting."
- Robert Ryman
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