Los Angeles - based artist Mary
Corse creates minimalist paintings, and is associated with the Light and Space movement that emerged in Southern California in the 1960s.
Not exact matches
But under the direction of former Formula 1 racing driver Ivan Capelli, the Maserati
Corse division has
created an intriguing evolution of the GranTurismo that is surprisingly easy to live with.
Mary
Corse in her solo exhibition at Lisson Gallery in London presents ten works spanning from 2003 to 2018, including seven new works
created specifically for the exhibition.
Corse's work has been featured in several historically significant exhibitions including Venice in Venice, a collateral exhibition
created by Nyehaus in association with the J. Paul Getty Museum at the 54th Venice Biennale (2011); Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents in L.A. Painting and Sculpture, 1950 - 1970 (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles and Martin - Gropius - Bau, Berlin, Germany, 2011); Phenomenal: California Light and Space (Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 2011).
Mary
Corse's large white - on - white glass canvases have glass micro-beads embedded in the acrylic paint to
create a surface that shifts dramatically with the light.
Mary
Corse's minimalist paintings are
created by incorporating reflective glass microspheres, a process she has developed over the last five decades.
By blending this unorthodox material with various shades of white acrylic paint,
Corse has
created scores of austere canvases that respond to changing light conditions and the viewer's movements.
Best known for her white paintings,
Corse's application of the paint emphasizes the multi-chromatic visual effect
created in the contrast between the glass beads and her textural brushwork.
A veteran of the Los Angeles art scene in the 1960s, painter Mary
Corse developed her own methods of capturing fluctuating light and its changing perspectives,
creating dynamic surfaces in her structurally minimalist paintings.
After
creating a series of wall - mounted fluorescent light works in 1966 — each one also tethered to the surrounding architecture via an electrical plug —
Corse «freed the light from the wall» by hanging her lone 1967 light work from the ceiling in the centre of the exhibition space.
Corse's art practice is rooted in the viewer's perception; she
creates works that alter in appearance as they are physically and visually experienced.
See both recent and historic work from Los Angeles - based Light and Space artist Mary
Corse, including a 19 - foot painting, Untitled (DNA Series),
created this year and influenced by her 1975 «Black Light Painting» series, also included in the exhibition.