Other than working with paint, Bill has experimented with many other mediums including, graphics, granite and architecture, and is regarded as the figure head of the
concrete art movement - a movement which over emphasized the use of geometric lines and patterns in order to create
abstract art that beard no figurative meaning.
« 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 Bill
Bill has also been credited for popularizing
concrete art in Brazil, and starting an artistic revolution in the country. He has been argued to have paved the way for neo
concrete artists such as Fra
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Other than working with paint, Bill has experimented with many other mediums including, graphics, granite and architecture, and is regarded as the figure head of the
concrete art movement - a movement which over emphasized the use of geometric lines and patterns in order to create
abstract art that beard no figurative meaning.
« 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 Bill
Bill has also been credited for popularizing
concrete art in Brazil, and starting an artistic revolution in the country. He has been argued to have paved the way for neo
concrete artists such as Franz Weissman. In December 1994, Bill suffered a heart attack at the Berlin Tegel Airport, subsequently die on his way to the hospital. Max Bill’s art work continues to bear his legacy to this day. (
Artist website)
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