: of or relating to abstract painting characterized by geometric forms with clearly defined boundaries
an artist known for hard-edge paintings
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By 1962, Jaray was making hard-edge abstract paintings that conjured architectural structures or details; delineated with masking tape and executed without visible brush strokes, they were carefully plotted out through multiple preliminary drawings, and in later years, on a computer.
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Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
25 June 2026
By this time Jaray had begun to earn notice for her hard-edge geometric abstractions, which critics lauded as simultaneously sober and expressive.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
29 May 2026
Constructed of flat, hard-edge but usually curving slabs of color, the compositions evoke mysterious interiors or extreme close-ups.
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Mark Jenkins,
Washington Post,
5 July 2024
On the Due Più, the material adds a softer touch to the hard-edge minimalism of Vigo’s contemporaries, with results that are undeniably groovy.
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Evan Moffitt,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2024
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Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
25 June 2026
By this time Jaray had begun to earn notice for her hard-edge geometric abstractions, which critics lauded as simultaneously sober and expressive.
—
News Desk,
Artforum,
29 May 2026
Constructed of flat, hard-edge but usually curving slabs of color, the compositions evoke mysterious interiors or extreme close-ups.
—
Mark Jenkins,
Washington Post,
5 July 2024
On the Due Più, the material adds a softer touch to the hard-edge minimalism of Vigo’s contemporaries, with results that are undeniably groovy.
—
Evan Moffitt,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2024
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“Hard-edge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-edge. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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