Index Code:

ART-STA-COR

Orgin:

USA

Field Notes:

Glass microspheres and shifting whites cause surfaces to flip with the viewer s movement

Defining Moment:

The large white panels where subtle bands appear and vanish making the canvas a responsive optical architecture

Mary Corse

(

1945–

)

mary corse

Corse built a world where light embeds itself in material — glass microspheres and shifting tones creating perceptual fields.

Her works turn reflection into structure.

Structural Focus

Perception as Interface

The work activates through viewing conditions rather than fixed form. Movement, position, distance, or duration alters what is perceived. Vision becomes an interface rather than a passive act.

In Mary Corse’s work, this approach appears where light and movement activate perception.

Position

Perception as Interface

The work activates through viewing conditions rather than fixed form. Movement, position, distance, or duration alters what is perceived. Vision becomes an interface rather than a passive act.

In Mary Corse’s work, this approach appears where light and movement activate perception.

Chromatic Fields

Color fields operate as spatial and structural organizers.

Systems of Clarity

Order and coherence arise through disciplined systems and constraints.

Atmosphere

Atmosphere accumulates through calibrated light, tone, and spatial pacing.

Material

Material behavior governs form through weight, resistance, and constraint.

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.

Light and Space

Perception is shaped through light, volume, and environmental conditions.

Mary Corse

Structural Focus

Perception as Interface

Position

Perception as Interface

Observartory

In Dialogue

Mary Corse

Structural Focus

Perception as Interface

Position

Perception as Interface

Observartory

By Structural Focus

In Dialogue