Serial Difference

Serial Difference describes practices that use repetition to register variation. Meaning emerges through comparison across instances, where subtle shifts accumulate rather than resolve into a singular form.

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Serial Difference

In James Little’s work, this approach appears where disciplined repetition registers difference without emphasis.

Serial Difference

In Kenneth Noland’s work, this approach appears where repetition organizes chromatic perception.

Serial Difference

In Edwina Leapman’s work, this approach appears where disciplined repetition registers quiet variation across surface.

Serial Difference

In Alma Thomas’s work, this approach appears where repeated color units register subtle variation, producing rhythm through serial difference rather than formal rigidity.