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Barnett Newman — Zips
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Plane as Weight
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Systems of Clarity
Atlas Index:
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Origin:
New York
Era:
1950s–1960s
Themes / Lineage:
plane as field • boundary logic
Field Notes:
vertical line • division • plane
Quiet Modernism appears here as planar form registering weight.

Plane as Weight

Barnett Newman — Zips

The plane carries mass.

Surface presses downward.

Weight holds.

What presses downward?
A plane is often treated as light or neutral, yet mass asserts itself. Surface carries load. What continues is weight held by plane.

A plane is often treated as light or neutral, yet mass asserts itself.

Surface carries load.

What continues is weight held by plane.

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