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Fred Sandback — Yarn Constructions
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Line as Space
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Systems of Clarity
Atlas Index:
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Origin:
New York
Era:
1970s–1990s
Themes / Lineage:
line as boundary • interval logic
Field Notes:
line as plane • tension • interval
Quiet Modernism appears here as space generated through linear extension.

Line as Space

Fred Sandback — Yarn Constructions

A line opens distance around itself.

Space forms along its length.

Relation emerges.

How does distance appear?
A line is usually flat, yet space opens around it. Relation forms along its length. What continues is distance generated by line.

A line is usually flat, yet space opens around it.

Relation forms along its length.

What continues is distance generated by line.

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Artist Overview

Fred Sandback
line as spatial structure

In Dialogue

Carl Andre
Precision as intimacy
Robert Morris
gesture as system
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