Geometric Abstraction by Pim van Os
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Geometric Abstraction

Pim van Os · c. 1950

Light fractures into overlapping planes until photography behaves like pure abstraction.

What to notice

Follow the sharp diagonals and translucent layers; the image feels three-dimensional even though it is built from flat tonal shapes.

Discover

Pim van Os used the camera experimentally, making light itself the subject. The result turns photography into a study of geometric structure rather than recognizable objects.

Source institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
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