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Scientific discoveries and mathematical puzzles have inspired art for centuries. Science and art alike require giving free rein to imagination, bold leaps and meandering forays, and openness to unforeseen opportunities – with rigorous post factum examination as a critical component. Mental processes underlying invention may very well have universal origins, and there are nontrivial parallels between mathematical and artistic creativity.
How can the language of mathematics, with its definitions of equivalence (congruence, similarity, inversion, isomorphism, etc.) be used to describe artistic representations? How does this extend to abstract art? What physics tools can be brought to analyse the artistic processes, whether involving liquids, granular, or solid materials? How do such analyses contribute to the explorations of the meaning of the works of art?
Contraband by Linda Benglis (photo Christopher Burke Studios)
Quinlan Art + Design