Rational Concepts 1977

Editor: So, this is Norman Dilworth's "Rational Concepts" from the Tate Collections. It's strikingly simple—just intersecting lines forming rectangles. What’s so compelling about it? Curator: Dilworth's work emerged in a period grappling with the institutionalization of art. Minimalism challenged the market's obsession with unique, expressive objects. How does this piece, with its deliberate lack of overt emotion, challenge our expectations of art’s role? Editor: I see it as almost a blueprint, an idea, not a finished artwork. Curator: Precisely. And how might its title, "Rational Concepts," play into the broader societal faith in logic and reason during its time, and perhaps critique its limitations?