Kapoor's monochromatic sculptural and painted surfaces engage deeply with the illusion of depth and dimensionality on flat or curved forms, creating optical tensions between surface and perceived space much like Auerbach's folded canvas works.

Doyen creates minimalist geometric paintings in neutral tones that play with folded and draped surface illusions, exploring the boundary between flatness and three dimensional perception in a manner closely aligned with Auerbach's textural approach.

Irwin's disc and scrim works investigate light, surface variation, and the perceptual ambiguity between flatness and depth using restrained neutral tones and minimal geometric form, sharing the same optical and phenomenological concerns present in Auerbach's fold paintings.