“Green Blue” is an artwork by Ellsworth Kelly created in 1968 that embodies the principles of Minimalism. As a sculpture, it demonstrates the genre’s focus on simplified geometric forms and monochromatic surfaces.
The artwork presents a stark angular form, comprising two flat planes set at a right angle to each other, forming an L-shaped three-dimensional structure. Each plane is painted in a single, unmodulated block of color – one green, the other blue. These planes interact with the space around them, creating a dialogue between the artwork and its surroundings. The purity of the colors and the sculpture’s clean lines echo the Minimalist movement’s intention to strip art to its bare essentials, focusing on the interplay between form, color, and space. Its presence in an outdoor setting suggests a thoughtful consideration of how the piece transforms, and is transformed by, the environment it is placed in.
