OBS-ART-054
Roman Opalka — 1–∞ Works
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Time as Surface
OBS-ART-054
Structural Atmospheres
Atlas Index:
OBS-ART-054
Origin:
Paris, Poland
Era:
1960s–2011
Themes / Lineage:
temporal sequence • field logic
Field Notes:
counting • time • surface
Quiet Modernism appears here as temporal accumulation registered on surface.

Time as Surface

Roman Opalka — 1–∞ Works

Wear accumulates visibly.

Surface records passage.

Time remains present.

What does time leave visible?
Surface is often read as present, yet wear accumulates. Marks register passage. What continues is time held at the surface.

Surface is often read as present, yet wear accumulates.

Marks register passage.

What continues is time held at the surface.

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