OBS-002
Field Notes on Texture and Distance
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Jay DeFeo — Surface Becoming Light
OBS-002
Atlas Index:
OBS-002
Origin:
Los Angeles, USA
Era:
20th Century
Themes / Lineage:
light-and-space-architecture-of-perception
Field Notes:
surface turning weight into light

Jay DeFeo — Surface Becoming Light

Field Notes on Texture and Distance

A surface gathers slowly.
Layer over layer, the paint begins to hold the shape of time.

In Jay DeFeo’s work, texture becomes a quiet field...

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