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Ruth Vollmer — Geometric Mesh
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Field as Boundary
OBS-ART-094
Spatial Construction
Atlas Index:
OBS-ART-094
Origin:
nyc
Era:
1960s-1980s
Themes / Lineage:
minimalist sculpture
Field Notes:
Mesh defines relation. Boundary becomes field. Geometry replaces mass.
Quiet Modernism appears here as limits held across a continuous field.

Field as Boundary

Ruth Vollmer — Geometric Mesh

The field establishes a limit.

Separation occurs without edge.

Boundary remains distributed.

How does separation occur?
Boundaries are typically established through clear edges, but no edge appears. Separation persists diffusely. What continues is limit held without enclosure.

Boundaries are typically established through clear edges, but no edge appears.

Separation persists diffusely.

What continues is limit held without enclosure.

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Courtesy of Whitney Museum of American Art.

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