The Genesis of Light and Perception Born in the vibrant atmosphere of Berkeley, California, in 1945, Mary Corse emerged as a pivotal voice during one of the most transformative eras in American art history. Her journey began amidst the intellectual ferment of the 1960s, a period where the boundaries of artistic expression were being radically redrawn by the Light and Space movement. Studying at UC Santa Barbara and later the Chouinard Art Institute, Corse immersed herself in the profound dialogues of phenomenology and the burgeoning mysteries of quantum physics. This academic foundation allow…