Sea salt, light and air converge in
Mary Corse’s monochromatic white canvases currently on view at Lehmann Maupin’s
Chelsea Gallery. Berkley born and ontologically based in California, Corse’s ivory
and pearl paintings are made by embedding micro glass beads, or micro spheres, into the painted
surface. Depending on the viewer’s position in regards to the canvas and the
overhead passing light conditions, the striped white painting’s composition
will subtly shift in perception. Beginning in the late sixties, Corse was a
member of the California ‘Light and Space’ group coming out of Southern California’s
abundance of both. A phenomenological experience only appreciable after soaking
in the light and air of California, Corse’s paintings are a trippy, Los Angeles
attitudinal response to Agnes Martin’s arid Taos grids. Digitally, Corse’s
paintings appear ho-hum, but in person the work literally sparkles before the
viewer’s eyes.
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"Untitled (White
Inner Band, Beveled)"
(2008) by Mary Corse.
Glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas,
96 x 144 inches.
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Mary Corse
Untitled, 2011 Glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas 102x156x3.75 in |
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