埃斯沃兹·凯利在纽约普拉特学院所学到的设计原则,虽然被长期被忽视,却清楚地预示了他后来的艺术。埃斯沃兹·凯利(Ellsworth Kelly)于2015年12月去世,享年92岁,他在七八十岁高龄时,仍仿佛是我们的同代人。由于深受艺术史家、评论家及公众的喜爱,他持续不断地创作新作品,并在各地举办多种多样的回顾展。然而,评论家们一直以来不太愿意充分地考量凯利生活和工作的一个方面——那就是,他早期受到的现代设计原则的基础训练,或者更精确地讲,受到商 The design principles Eschli Kelly learned at Pratt Institute in New York, though long neglected, clearly foreshadowed his later art. Ellsworth Kelly died in December 2015 at the age of 92, and he still seemed to be our own generation when he was in his 70s and 80s. As a favorite of art historians, critics and the general public, he continues to create new works and hold various retrospective exhibitions. However, critics have long been reluctant to take full account of one aspect of Kelly’s life and work - the basic training he had received from earlier modern design principles or, more precisely,