I was really impressed with the way that Irwin views his pieces and how he feels about them. I thought it was very interesting when he decided to paint something that doesn’t stop at the edge, and also how he doesn’t see himself as a minimalist but he is more focused on a reduction that is a break from the past. He explains it very well that he doesn’t see art as things and he doesn’t see it as not things but it’s really all about the concept of the piece itself. It is also interesting that he is said that he is never really sure how is work will occupy the space, and how he hopes that the large sections of color are going to take on the space, and not just be an element or an object. I was also intrigued that when he talks about whether an artist can create a work using the phenomena of nature to create something that artistically beautiful. This video very interesting in its many ways of explaining how Irwin’s pieces are manipulating peoples perception of the world around them.

-Peter M.