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Simon Hantaï — Fold as Volume
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Canvas folded into pattern surface becomes volume
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Surface and Reflection
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Simon Hantaï
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fold • pattern • surface

Fold as Volume

Simon Hantaï — Fold as Volume

A folded plane encloses space.

Interior emerges.

Edges remain continuous.

How does space emerge?

Folding often signals enclosure, but closure never fully resolves.

Interior appears without sealed edge.

What continues is volume formed through continuity.

Structural Concepts

Surface and Reflection
Surface mediates perception through reflection, depth, and optical effect.
Volume
The three-dimensional space occupied or enclosed by form.
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