OBS-ART-076
Al Taylor — Wire and Paper Works
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Surface as Density
OBS-ART-076
Systems of Clarity
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OBS-ART-076
Origin:
USA
Era:
1980s–1990s
Themes / Lineage:
air structure • relational line
Field Notes:
wire • relation • air
Quiet Modernism appears here as material density registered at the surface.

Surface as Density

Al Taylor — Wire and Paper Works

Material accumulates unevenly.

Thickness increases.

Density holds.

What accumulates?
Surface is often read as thin, yet material gathers unevenly. Thickness increases without rupture. What continues is density held in place.

Surface is often read as thin, yet material gathers unevenly.

Thickness increases without rupture.

What continues is density held in place.

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Artist Overview

Al Taylor
form as playful system

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thought as environmental structure
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