Grids

"All art begins with grids. All artists long for grids."
~ American poet John Taggart, from "Chicago Breakdown"

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Above, left: Bridget Riley, "C" from Nineteen Greys, 1968.
Bridget Riley at Wikipedia.
Right: Ewerdt Hilgemann, "Lichtrelief," 1974
Ewerdt Hilgemann at Galerie Kai Hilgemann.


Left: Ray Johnson, "Calm Center," circa 1951.
The Estate of Ray Johnson official site.
Right: Patrick Bailly-Maître-Grand, "Le Hasard et La Nécessité (Chance and Necessity)" 2001.
Patrick Bailly-Maître-Grand: Site Officiel (in French only).


Left: Chema Madoz, untitled, 1998.
Chema Madoz Fotógrafo (in English).
Right: Paul Klee, "Chess," 1931.
Paul Klee Database at Zentrum Paul Klee (in English).


Above: Piet Mondrian, "Compositie Dambord, donkere Kleuren (Checkerboard Composition, Dark Colors)," 1919.
Piet Mondrian site maintained by Art Science Research Laboratory, Inc.

More: see "Grids" at Radical Art.