Index Code:

ART-STA-VOL

Orgin:

Germany/USA

Field Notes:

Wire and plaster models explore how geometric rules meet improvisation

Defining Moment:

The sphere and torus studies where open frameworks translate equations into intimate structures

Ruth Vollmer

(

1903–1982

)

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Vollmer built a world where spheres, knots, and mathematical curves grow like living systems.

Her sculptures turn logic into soft spatial order.

Structural Focus

Space as Drawing

Line, frame, or interval organizes space instead of filling it. Structure is articulated through placement rather than mass.

In Ruth Vollmer’s work, this approach appears where geometry calibrates space.

Position

Space as Drawing

Line, frame, or interval organizes space instead of filling it. Structure is articulated through placement rather than mass.

In Ruth Vollmer’s work, this approach appears where geometry calibrates space.

Constructed Surfaces

Surfaces are built through layering, joining, and controlled fabrication.

Systems of Clarity

Order and coherence arise through disciplined systems and constraints.

Gesture

Gesture functions as structure through disciplined, repeatable action.

Proportion

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

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.

Minimalism

Reduction clarifies form through repetition, scale, and restraint.

Constructivism

Form follows engineering logic, social purpose, and material efficiency.

Ruth Vollmer

Structural Focus

Space as Drawing

Position

Space as Drawing

Observartory

In Dialogue

Ruth Vollmer

Structural Focus

Space as Drawing

Position

Space as Drawing

Observartory

By Structural Focus

In Dialogue