1954 – DISCOVERY OF THE ORGANIC LINE
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1954 – DISCOVERY OF THE ORGANIC LINE
1954 - DISCOVERY OF THE “ORGANIC LINE”
All this research of mine began when I discovered the line that appears when two flat surfaces of the same color are laid touching. This line is not there when the two surfaces are of contrasting colors. FIG 1 The arrow is pointing to this “organic line”, a line which has been organically formed, where the two black squares meet. Lift up the top square and you will see the “organic line” vanish. It is absorbed now by the contrast between the black and the white. This started me off on the search the led to all my later work. In my paintings of this period the Organic Line appears where the same color as what is still the frame.
FIG 2 The black band acts as frame: if you lift it up you will see a right angle marked by the letters A and B. When you lower the frame (the black band) you will better be able to sense the Organic Line which you see marked AB.
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1954 – DISCOVERY OF THE ORGANIC LINE
What I wanted to do, in the experiment, was deny the separate existence of the part of the picture within the frame; to extend it into the frame by means of color. It is for this reason that the frame is so wide: it has become one of the working elements of the picture itself.
I then did no work on this for two years, not knowing how to make use of this liberated space.
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