Recently there has been much written about minimal art, but I have not discovered anyone who admits to doing this kind of thing. There are other art forms around called primary structures, reductive, ejective, cool, and mini-art. No artist I know will own up to any of these either. Therefore I conclude that it is part of a secret language that art critics use when communicating with each other through the medium of art magazines. Mini-art is best because it reminds one of miniskirts and long-legged girls. It must refer to very small works of art. This is a very good idea. Perhaps "mini-art" shows could be sent around the country in matchboxes. Or maybe the mini-artist is a very small person; say less than five feet tall. If so, much good work will be found in the Primary schools (primary school primary structures).
- Quoted from Sol Lewitt's "Paragraphs on Conceptual Art"
- Sol Lewitt, Serial Project I (A, B, C, D), 1966. Stove enamel on aluminium. 83*576*576 (33*227*227)
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