The Scottish artist is flooding New York’s Park Avenue Armory to create a giant looking-glass surrounding the pianist Hélène Grimaud By Louisa Buck. Features, Issue 263, December 2014, Published online: 10 December 2014 {post via The Art Newspaper}, featured image: An installation view of tears become… streams become… at the Park Avenue Armory. Photo by James Ewing….
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origami: a blend of sculpture + mathematics
Artist and MIT professor Erik Demaine makes flat geometric diagrams spring into elegant, three-dimensional origami sculptures. By Marina Koren, SMITHSONIAN.COM, JANUARY 23, 2013 The shape of a Pringle, mathematically speaking, is called a hyperbolic paraboloid. Artists have been folding paper into this shape for years. The twist? Hyperbolic paraboloids shouldn’t exist in origami—it’s impossible to make such…
golden ratio in art composition and design
“Without mathematics there is no art,” said Luca Pacioli, a contemporary of Da Vinci. {article source: The Golden Number, May 4, 2014 by Gary Meisner} Just as the Golden Section is found in the design and beauty of nature, it can also be used to achieve beauty and balance in the design of art. This is only a tool though, and not a…
alien beauty of jellyfish :: alexander semenov’s new photos
via boredpanda, article written by julija k. Russian marine biologist and underwater photographer Alexander Semenov (previously here) is back with some new extraordinary photographs of the deep sea aliens. Alexander is currently leading a team of scientists on a three-year-long Aquatilis expedition to explore the deep waters around the world. The aim of Aguatilis expedition is to reveal…
best art of 2014: both anticipated + unexpected
Featuring giants, such as Matisse and Cézanne, as well as lesser known artists, this year’s best exhibitions ranged from eagerly awaited blockbusters to pleasant surprises Wall Street Journal, article by Karen Wilkin The year’s most memorable exhibitions, some of which can still be seen into 2015, ranged from the much-anticipated to the unexpected, from revealing considerations…
the genius of albrecht dürer revealed in four self-portraits
The German artist Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) was one of the greatest figures of the Northern Renaissance. As a draughtsman and painter, he rivaled his elder contemporary Leonardo Da Vinci, and his masterful woodcuts and engravings of mythical and allegorical scenes made him famous across Europe. In the first half of his life, Dürer made a…
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