Grid = Net?
"For modernism the neutral term – universalizing the general condition of form [gestalt] – comes increasingly to be understood as grid." The Optical Unconscious, Rosalind Krauss, in reference to Giacometti.
A frame appears in many of my works; it is usually hard edged (like a shipping crate) and within it are repetitive forms that create a duplicated model. There is a resemblance between natural materials (like dry seed pods) and industrial materials (like packing or insulation cartons).
The grid is the infrastructure of all things and it is the grid that restrains eruption and overflow in all directions. Close Window
"For modernism the neutral term – universalizing the general condition of form [gestalt] – comes increasingly to be understood as grid."
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