The Present Perspective of Mary Corse

The Light and Space movement artist offers pure and profound perspectives on the magic of the moment in her new solo exhibition at Pace.

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The Present Perspective of Mary Corse

By Stephen Wozniak

Mary Corse: Presence in Light
September 13–October 26, 2024 

Pace Gallery
540 West 25th Street
New York, New York 10001
https://www.pacegallery.com/
info@pacegallery.com
+1 212 421 3292
Monday–Friday: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Saturday–Sunday: Closed

EXCERPT

My eyes can’t stop. They’re riding high along the light gray stripe that bisects one of Mary Corse’s paintings featured in her new solo exhibition, Presence in Light. After they reach the tippy-top point of this large, square, canted wall work, they flutter across a field of faint white strokes that initially appear as best-in-class, stippled, fine furniture finish but—with a tiny head tilt—transform into stealthy, translucent, staccato brush hits made by a seasoned artist. The work is austere, elegant, minimal. It reminds me a little of Barnett Newman’s famous vista-view, mid-century, abstract “zip” paintings but contained in the pervasive American diamond shape of roadway signs intended for warning wayward drivers to pay attention. The subtle varieties of barely-there acrylic color and the thousands of light refractions from Corse’s long-favored glass microspheres—the same media used in street markings—give me an unavoidable sense of the present moment—a distinct here in the center of now. Walking by the work and picking up poignant shifts in light makes me mindful that my perspective—as well as the particle-and-wave energy that illuminates it—is always changing. 

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