Lehmann Maupin is pleased to present an exhibition of recent and significant historic work by Mary Corse. The Los Angeles-based artist’s third solo exhibition with the gallery is influenced by her Black Light Painting from 1975. Corse returns to the materials introduced in this earlier series with a prodigious 19-foot painting, Untitled (DNA Series)(2017) and an additional 10 new corresponding paintings to form a continued examination of the technical and theoretical framework she has honed over the past 50 years. These bold black-and-white works highlight Corse’s proficiency for varied surface treatments, including matte paint, gestural brushstrokes, and light-reflecting particles. These works encapsulate Corse’s longstanding investigation into the interaction between black and white and how it lends insight into the mechanizations of experience and perception. The gallery will host a reception for the artist on Thursday, September 7, from 6-8 PM, at 536 West 22nd Street.

Corse is recognized as a notable member of the 1960s Light and Space Movement of Southern California-based artists whose work is unified by their investigation into the circumstances of perception. Though Corse often worked on the periphery of her male counterparts, her deep exploration of the physical experience of seeing, and later the implications of perception in a metaphysical sense, have aligned her with artists such as Robert Irwin, James Turrell, and Douglas Wheeler. What makes Corse’s work unique among her Light and Space peers is her painterly approach and embrace of visible brushwork, as well as her strict adherence to paint as a medium. While others turned to architectural pursuits to achieve immersive installations and environments, Corse has remained committed to phenomenological pursuits via unique combinations of paint, reflective material, and the canvas, which she considers an abstracted dimensional field.