What is it about?
This article focuses on the Surface Veil series of paintings by American abstract painter Robert Ryman (1930-2019) . This essay suggests that these paintings are a turning point in the relationship between Ryman's work and the gallery wall, and considers how the multiple layers and uneven edges lead to complex and often contradictory spaces.
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Why is it important?
Ryman's work is often talked about in materialist terms. This article reconsiders the phenomenal aspects of looking at Ryman's paintings.
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This page is a summary of: Nexus, veil: Robert Ryman and the equivocal spaces of abstraction, Journal of Contemporary Painting, October 2021, Intellect,
DOI: 10.1386/jcp_00031_1.
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