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Lynne Woods Turner
Systems of Clarity
Repetition sustains structures
ART-TUR-LYN
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Repetition sustains structures
Lynne Woods Turner
ART-TUR-LYN
Repetition sustains structures
Index Code:
ART-TUR-LYN
Orgin:
United States
Field Notes:
Repetition as calibration • Curve under restraint • Difference through accumulation • Surface as interval • Gesture as unit
Defining Moment:
Late 1990s–early 2000s — Turner clarifies a language of repeated arcs and measured linear gestures, establishing a practice where variation emerges through disciplined continuity rather than expressive assertion.

Lynne Woods Turner

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b. 1951
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Lynne Woods Turner builds a world where gesture is disciplined into interval.

Lines, arcs, and shallow curves repeat within measured limits.

Variation emerges through restraint rather than expansion.

Marks accumulate without hierarchy.

Difference is distributed across the surface.

Structure holds through continuity.

What happens when gesture is reduced to a unit?
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In Lynne Woods Turner’s work, gesture is removed from expressive emphasis and repositioned as structural unit.

Marks are repeated within narrow variation so that difference emerges incrementally. No single element asserts dominance. Continuity replaces climax.

What appears intuitive is regulated. Structure holds through repetition rather than declaration.

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Position

Serial Difference

Repetition is used to register subtle variation. Meaning emerges through comparison rather than singular form.

In Lynne Woods Turner’s work, structure is sustained through repeated, measured gesture.
Hard Systems
Form is governed by rigid rules, limits, and non-negotiable constraints.
Systems of Clarity
Order and coherence arise through disciplined systems and constraints.
Structure
Structure holds the work through rules, joins, and controlled relationships between parts.
Art
Form operates as a site for material, perceptual, and conceptual inquiry.
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1. Installation view: Lynne Woods Turner, one thing and another, Adams and Ollman, January 17–February 28, 2026. © Lynne Woods Turner. Courtesy Adams and Ollman.

2. Installation view: Lynne Woods Turner at Adams and Ollman, Frieze London, 2025. © Lynne Woods Turner. Courtesy Adams and Ollman.

3. Lynne Woods Turner, Untitled #9571, 2025. Oil on panel, 10 × 10 in (25.40 × 25.40 cm). © Lynne Woods Turner. Courtesy Adams and Ollman.

4. Installation view: Vince Skelly and Lynne Woods Turner, December 10, 2022–January 14, 2023, Adams and Ollman. © Lynne Woods Turner. Courtesy Adams and Ollman.

5. Lynne Woods Turner, Untitled #9378, 2019. Oil on linen over panel, 12 × 9 in (30.48 × 22.86 cm). © Lynne Woods Turner. Courtesy Adams and Ollman.

6. Lynne Woods Turner, Untitled #1699, 2023. Pencil on paper, 4 1/4 × 4 3/8 in (10.79 × 11.11 cm). © Lynne Woods Turner. Courtesy Adams and Ollman.

7. Installation view: Vince Skelly and Lynne Woods Turner, December 10, 2022–January 14, 2023, Adams and Ollman. © Lynne Woods Turner. Courtesy Adams and Ollman.

8. Lynne Woods Turner, Untitled #9311, 2018. Oil on wood panel, 16 × 16 in (40.64 × 40.64 cm). © Lynne Woods Turner. Courtesy Adams and Ollman.

9. Lynne Woods Turner, Untitled #1199, 2016. Pencil and colored pencil on paper, 16 × 13 in. © Lynne Woods Turner. Courtesy Adams and Ollman.

10. Installation view: Vince Skelly and Lynne Woods Turner, December 10, 2022–January 14, 2023, Adams and Ollman. © Lynne Woods Turner. Courtesy Adams and Ollman.

11. Lynne Woods Turner, Untitled #9559, 2025. Oil and pencil on linen over panel, 10 × 8 in (25.40 × 20.32 cm). © Lynne Woods Turner. Courtesy Adams and Ollman.

12. Lynne Woods Turner, Untitled #1606, 2022. Pencil and gouache on paper, 4 × 4 in (10.16 × 10.16 cm). © Lynne Woods Turner. Courtesy Adams and Ollman.

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Cover: Installation view: Lynne Woods Turner, one thing and another, Adams and Ollman, January 17–February 28, 2026. © Lynne Woods Turner. Courtesy Adams and Ollman.

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Structual Relations
The following practices are connected through shared structural decisions in form, material, and spatial logic.

By Structural Focus

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How are these related?
Quiet Modernism relates practices through how form is organized rather than how it appears. Connections emerge through shared structural conditions — such as repetition, constraint, spatial organization, material behavior, or duration — even when outcomes differ.

A single grouping may reflect multiple overlapping structural concerns.
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Gesture as System
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Systems generating difference

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