ART–SYS–OBE

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Material Intelligence

ART–SYS–OBE

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ART–SYS–OBE

Index Code:

ART–SYS–OBE

Orgin:

South Carolina, USA / New York, USA

Field Notes:

gold as breath · geometry as radiance · surface as meditation

Defining Moment:

Early 1970s — gold as breath; order clarified

Mary Obering

(

1937–2022

)

meh-ree oh-bair-ing

Obering built a world between abstraction and icon.

Layers of gold leaf and resin merge geometry with glow.

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In her world, color is atmosphere, light a quiet form of devotion.

Structural Focus

Reduction with Atmosphere

Form is reduced without becoming cold or purely rational. Minimal means are used to produce calm, resonance, or emotional density.

In Mary Obering’s work, this approach appears where quiet variation governs proportion.

Position

Reduction with Atmosphere

Form is reduced without becoming cold or purely rational. Minimal means are used to produce calm, resonance, or emotional density.

In Mary Obering’s work, this approach appears where quiet variation governs proportion.

Chromatic Fields

Color fields operate as spatial and structural organizers.

Systems of Clarity

Order and coherence arise through disciplined systems and constraints.

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

Proportion organizes coherence through measured intervals, scale, and relation.

Form operates as a site for material, perceptual, and conceptual inquiry.

Luminous Painting

Light becomes the primary agent of surface and depth.

Large chromatic fields generate scale, immersion, and perceptual depth.

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Structual Relations

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

Rhythm as stillness

light as tactile surface

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