OBS-002
Field Notes on Texture and Distance
Jay DeFeo — Surface Becoming Light
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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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