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…