Mary Corse

Mary Corse
Born 1945
Berkeley, California
Nationality American
Movement Light and Space

Mary Corse (born 1945) is an American artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California. She is a member of the male-dominated Light and Space art movement of the 1960s, although her role has only been fully recognized in recent years.[1] Corse received her B.F.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1963 and her M.F.A. from the Chouinard Art Institute in 1968.

Work

In the mid-1960s, Mary Corse developed an interest in white monochrome paintings. She soon began to use shaped canvases. Corse became interested in three-dimensional works. She assembled columns out of plywood and joint compound, which she painted with white acrylic paint. During the same period, Corse started a series of works that encased fluorescent bulbs in Plexiglas boxes.[2] 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. These "White Light Paintings" are "highly responsive to their environments and reveal internal complexities when lighting conditions fluctuate or viewers change their positions." [3]

Exhibitions

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).[4] Corse is represented by ACE Gallery in Los Angeles and Lehmann Maupin in New York City.

Collections

Art works by Corse are held in the permanent collections of institutions such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles; Foundation Beyeler, Basel; Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; among others.[4]

Recognition

Corse was awarded the Cartier Foundation award (1993), the Theodoran Award by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (1971), and the New Talent Award by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1967). In 1975, she received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.[5]

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ Yablonsky, Linda (February 24, 2012). "Artifacts | Mary Corse". T Magazine.
  2. ↑ Nichols, Matthew. "Mary Corse is More Than a California Artist". Art in America. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Nichols, Matthew. "Mary Corse". http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/reviews/mary-corse/''. Art in America.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Mary Corse - Artists". Lehmann Maupin. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  5. ↑ "Mary Corse bio" (PDF). Ace Gallery. Retrieved 2014-02-18.

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