Imi Knoebel is a prominent German artist known for his minimalist and vibrant works. Spanning across painting, sculpture, and installation, his diverse body of work explores the interplay of color, form, and space. Knoebel employs geometric shapes and bold hues to create visually striking compositions. His artworks exude a sense of energy and dynamism, inviting viewers to engage with their vibrant aesthetic.

The Work Series 'Anima Mundi' by Imi Knoebel illustrates the brilliance of the artists minimalist approach to color, more clearly his very owen view on the relationship between color and geometry. Four differently colored bars form a vertical rectangle, in the center of which a colored surface is fitted. The individual pictures are painted in acrylic on plastic sheets and thus leave clear traces of the paint application. Despite the uniform appearance, each work is unique. Anima Mundi lectures on Blinky Palermos Coney Island II (1975). After Palermo died unexplained in 1977, Knoebel increasingly used color and called his exhibition "24 Colors - For Blinky", which opened shortly after the death of his close friend and artist colleague. As with Palermo's series, the painterly application of paint remains visible with Anima Mundi, Knoebel only adds two more bars to the sides of the picture composition from Palermo. The shortness of form and color increases the seriality. The intensive appropriation of the space is a decisive factor in the artistic impact. The power of the individual image only develops through the neighborhood and the contrast to the other images in the series.