"Structure as Measure: Zarina - Beyond the Stars"

Structure is often understood as a way of organizing form. In Zarina’s work, structure functions as a means of containment.

Across the exhibition, attention is regulated rather than directed. Works do not invite reading or narrative interpretation; they hold position. Spacing is deliberate. Scale remains restrained. Nothing advances toward emphasis. The room operates through measure before meaning asserts itself.

Line, shape, surface, and void function as equivalent instruments within this system. Whether drawn, carved, perforated, or blocked, each form enforces limitation. Grids compress space. Monochrome fields close it. Perforations and cutouts register absence without opening it. Movement is permitted only within fixed bounds.

Because the system is measured, variation does not accumulate. Repetition sustains continuity rather than development. The works feel intimate without becoming expressive, personal without disclosure. Memory does not appear as image or narrative; it is held through restriction.

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