Glass microspheres refer to tiny spherical particles made of glass. These particles are extremely small, often measuring just a few micrometers in size. They are used in various applications, such as in paints, coatings, and plastics, to modify their properties.
Glass microspheres can provide benefits like increased strength, reduced weight, improved insulation, and enhanced performance.
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The exhibition at Lisson Gallery includes Untitled (White Multiband, Vertical Strokes)(2003), incorporating
glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas; multiple works from the innovative White Band series; and recent paintings from the Black Band series; alongside the lightbox Untitled (Electric Light)(1968/2017), composed of argon and Plexiglas.
The collection displayed her signature style of «radiant and reflective surfaces and... innovative technique of painting
with glass microspheres» and represented three overall themes: perception, time, and inner dimensions.
The exhibition at Lisson Gallery will include Untitled (White Multiband, Vertical Strokes)(2003),
incorporating glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas; multiple works from the innovative White Band series; and recent paintings from the Black Band series; alongside the lightbox Untitled (Electric Light)(1968/2017), composed of argon and Plexiglas.
Cameron's engineers actually developed new materials — including a syntactic foam made from millions of
hollow glass microspheres suspended in an epoxy resin — to strengthen the sub's hull without adding a lot of weight.
Her spellbinding monochrome canvases
embed glass microspheres into paint; when light catches at the right angle, the surfaces scintillate brilliantly.
Mary Corse's minimalist paintings are created by incorporating
reflective glass microspheres, a process she has developed over the last five decades.
She is best known for her experimentation with radiant surfaces in minimalist painting, incorporating materials that reflect light such
as glass microspheres.
Corse treats light as a subject and material of her paintings, activating them by using
refractive glass microspheres that are common in highway paint.
MARY CORSE, Untitled (White Inner Band, Beveled), 2011,
glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas, 243.8 × 182.9 × 10.2 cm.
In any event, in 1968 she
discovered glass microspheres, the reflective pellets that make highway lines and street signs glow in your headlights, and mixed them into her paint.
In 1968, she began to
embed glass microspheres, tiny reflective beads commonly used to brighten highway signs, in her paintings by mixing them with white acrylic paint.
Her best - known paintings are the shimmering white ones she has long made
with glass microspheres, the same material used to make traffic signs glow at night.
So I made these black earth pieces, and then that allowed me to do black paintings with the
reflective glass microspheres I had been using in the white paintings.
In 1968, she began
incorporating glass microspheres, tiny prismatic beads often embedded into highway dividers for their reflective properties, into her paintings and blended them with different shades of acrylic, a technique that still forms the basis of her work.
Another weight reduction that increases performance: lightweight polyurethane with hollow,
glass microspheres and carbon - fibre elements.
Responsible for the leaner build: lightweight polyurethane with hollow
glass microspheres and carbon - fibre elements.
It is these materials — including
the glass microspheres found in the reflective lines on motor highways — that allow her work their enigmatic and seductive quality, shifting before your eyes as you move around them.
Acrylic squares and
glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas, 72 x 114 in.
But Corse's «aha» moment occurred in 1968, when she discovered
glass microspheres, the tiny prismatic beads that are often embedded into highway pavement.
MARY CORSE Untitled (White Inner Band, Beveled), 2011
glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas 96 x 72 x 4 inches 243.8 x 182.9 x 10.2 cm LM22427
Originally known for black and white paintings, including her minimalist work with
glass microspheres, Mary Corse displays a recent body of work featuring bolder primary colors such as red and blue.
«We felt it was important to introduce her work so people realize she didn't just land on this idea of painting large monochromes with
glass microspheres, but there she is someone who was trying out all kinds of things.»
The microsphere works are what Corse is best known for — paintings in which she embeds
glass microspheres, a reflective material used in road markings, in order to give the work a light and life of its own.
Mary Corse, Untitled, 2011
Glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas 114 x 90 x 4 inches February 2 — March 10, 2012 Lehmann Maupin Gallery is pleased to present Mary Corse's inaugural exhibition at Lehmann Maupin Gallery, entitled New Work, on view 2 February — 10 March 2012, at 540 West 26th Street.
MARY CORSE Untitled, 2011
glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas 102 x 156 x 3.75 inches 259.1 x 396.2 x 9.5 cm LM15868 Photo courtesy of Ace Gallery
She also sought to find a way to «put the light into the painting» — a pursuit that soon led her to
glass microspheres, the tiny prismatic beads most commonly found in highway dividing lines to illuminate lane boundaries at night.
Emmanuelle, 2013
Glass microspheres, plate glass, aluminum disk, and LED lights Museum purchase with funds contributed by the Council of 100 2014.02
Her techniques have included the use of electric light, ceramic tiles, and
glass microspheres, with which she creates simple geometric configurations that give structure to the luminescent internal space of her paintings.
This focused exhibition highlights critical moments of experimentation as Corse engaged with tropes of modernist painting, from the monochrome to the grid, while charting her own course through studies in quantum physics and complex investigations into a range of «painting» materials, from fluorescent light and plexiglass to metallic flakes,
glass microspheres, and clay.
Glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas, 9 × 9 ́.
MARY CORSE Untitled (DNA Series), 2017
glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas 78 x 234 inches 198.1 x 594.4 cm LM25119 Photo: Ron Amstutz.
MARY CORSE Untitled (DNA Series), 2017 acrylic squares and
glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas 50 x 50 inches 127 x 127 cm LM25118 Photo: Matthew Herrmann.
MARY CORSE Untitled (DNA Series)(detail), 2017 acrylic squares and
glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas 50 x 50 inches 127 x 127 cm LM25118 Photo: Matthew Herrmann.