RADICAL ABC
Minimalism, sometimes called ABC art, emerged as an important art movement in the 1960s. Frank Stella, a prominent figure in this movement, was recognized for his paintings featuring black-and-white concentric rectangles, much like the upper section of this artwork. The term "ABC art" reflects the basic, simple shapes typical of this style, which drew both criticism for its simplicity and praise as a radical response to abstract expressionism.
On the bottom potion of the painting two simple equations are scribbled that hint at the important ABC Conjecture. A fundamental aspect of this conjecture is the term radical abc, rad(abc). While its constituent expressions are quite simple the conjecture itself has deep and far-reaching consequences throughout number theory. This illustrates that simplicity of form can actually heighten instead of diminishing the importance of something.