Mary Corse

Biography

Born in Berkeley, CA in 1945, Mary Corse received her B.F.A. from the University of California in 1963, and her M.F.A. from the Chouinard Art Institute in 1968. Corse’s work has been exhibited in several important and international exhibitions this year including Venice in Venice, a collateral exhibition curated 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, at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany (2011); Phenomenal: California Light and Space, at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA (2011). Her works are in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA); the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA, Los Angeles); the Fondation Beyeler (Basel), the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation Collection (Los Angeles), the Getty Museum (Los Angeles), The Museum of Contemporary Art (San Diego); the Orange County Museum of Art at Newport Beach; the Guggenheim Museum (New York), and other institutions public and private. Mary Corse lives and works in Los Angeles.
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Selected Works

MARY CORSE Untitled (White Inner Band, Beveled), 2008 glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas 96 x 144 inches 243.8 x 365.8 cm LM15466 Photo courtesy of Ace Gallery
MARY CORSE Untitled (White Inner Band, Beveled), 2008 glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas 96 x 144 inches 243.8 x 365.8 cm LM15466 Photo courtesy of Ace Gallery

MARY CORSE Untitled (White Inner Band, Beveled), 2008 glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas 96 x 144 inches 243.8 x 365.8 cm LM15466 Photo courtesy of Ace Gallery
MARY CORSE Untitled (White Inner Band, Beveled), 2008 glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas 96 x 144 inches 243.8 x 365.8 cm LM15466 Photo courtesy of Ace Gallery

Mary Corse Untitled (White Octagon), 1964 Acrylic on canvas 93 5/8 x 63 7/8 inches Photo courtesy of Ace Gallery
Mary Corse Untitled (White Octagon), 1964 Acrylic on canvas 93 5/8 x 63 7/8 inches Photo courtesy of Ace Gallery

Mary Corse Untitled (Triangular Columns), 1965 Wood, joint compound, acrylic paint 91 1/8 x 18 1/8 x 18 1/8 inches (each column) Photo courtesy of Ace Gallery
Mary Corse Untitled (Triangular Columns), 1965 Wood, joint compound, acrylic paint 91 1/8 x 18 1/8 x 18 1/8 inches (each column) Photo courtesy of Ace Gallery

Mary Corse Untitled, 1967 Plexiglas and light 72 x 72 x 10 inches Photo courtesy of Ace Gallery
Mary Corse Untitled, 1967 Plexiglas and light 72 x 72 x 10 inches Photo courtesy of Ace Gallery

Mary Corse Untitled (White light, beveled edges), 1984 Glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas 108 x 108 inches Photo courtesy of Ace Gallery
Mary Corse Untitled (White light, beveled edges), 1984 Glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas 108 x 108 inches Photo courtesy of Ace Gallery

Mary Corse Untitled (White light band series), 1990 Glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas 96 x 96 inches Photo courtesy of Ace Gallery
Mary Corse Untitled (White light band series), 1990 Glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas 96 x 96 inches Photo courtesy of Ace Gallery

Mary Corse Untitled (White double arch), 1999 Glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas 102 x 126 inches Photo courtesy of Ace Gallery
Mary Corse Untitled (White double arch), 1999 Glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas 102 x 126 inches Photo courtesy of Ace Gallery

Mary Corse Untitled (White inner band), 2003 Glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas 96 x 96 inches Photo courtesy of Ace Gallery
Mary Corse Untitled (White inner band), 2003 Glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas 96 x 96 inches Photo courtesy of Ace Gallery

Mary Corse Untitled (White multiple inner band, beveled), 2009 Glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas 96 x 60 inches Photo courtesy of Ace Gallery
Mary Corse Untitled (White multiple inner band, beveled), 2009 Glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas 96 x 60 inches Photo courtesy of Ace Gallery

Mary Corse Untitled (Black, white inner band), 2009 Glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas 36 x 90 inches Photo courtesy of Ace Gallery
Mary Corse Untitled (Black, white inner band), 2009 Glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas 36 x 90 inches Photo courtesy of Ace Gallery

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