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Brice Marden — Contour as Volume
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Structural Atmospheres
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Artist:
Brice Marden
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brush line • calligraphic • gesture

Contour as Volume

Brice Marden — Contour as Volume

Outline expands into spatial depth.

Edge thickens.

Volume emerges.

How does depth appear?

Contour is usually read as outline, but it does not stop at the edge.

It expands and gains thickness.

What persists is volume emerging from boundary.

Structural Concepts

Structural Atmospheres
Atmosphere emerges from underlying structural and material systems.
Volume
The three-dimensional space occupied or enclosed by form.
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