The Fourth 'Book of Schemes'. Album No. 1, the First Folder 1978

Valerii Lamakh's "The Fourth 'Book of Schemes'. Album No. 1, the First Folder" (1978) is a minimalist artwork that explores geometric shapes. Lamakh, a renowned artist whose career tragically ended with his death in 1978, created a series of six circles, each containing different arrangements of lines and dots. This series, part of a larger collection known as the "Book of Schemes", highlights the concept of minimalism and its ability to communicate complex ideas through the use of simple elements. The artwork, with its precise lines and careful arrangement of forms, invites the viewer to contemplate the relationship between form, space, and the nature of visual perception. This work can be categorized as conceptual art and minimalism, two movements that rose to prominence in the latter half of the 20th century.