5 Clark’s concept of the "organic line" a destabilizing force within the canon
A fundamentally new and important concept coined by Lygia Clark is the "organic line" that is discussed in this episode by the scholars Elize Mazadiego and Irene V. Small. Clark deployed this line to break the frame and is a line or several lines of space that lie in between. From a conceptual point of view, Small argues, these lines could be considered as important as the void in Kazimir Malevich’s Black Square or John Cage’s 4’33’’ but never got this attention due to the dominant mechanisms of canonization. Elize Mazadiego and Irene V. Small belong to the youngest generation...