The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

The Aldrich Museum hopes that you find its spring show, “Minimal Tradition,” a rewarding one. Minimal art is not an easy art; often there does not appear to be much to see. The subject matter, composition, and color of abstract expressionism, pop art, or realism is generally lacking. The great philosopher José Ortega Y Gasset, in writing about the art of the day in 1925, said that the task it sets itself is enormous: it wants to create from naught. “Later, I expect, it will content with less and achieve more.” You will have to decide for yourself if he was right about minimal art.