Infinite Realities Science/Nature/Art
Artist
Elizabeth Turk
(American, born 1961)
Date2018
MediumLenticular photo mounted on aluminum
DimensionsIndividual panel : 72 × 48 in. (182.9 × 121.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LinePurchased by Chapman University
Object number2018.12.1a-d
Label TextWorking with equations, landscapes, natural structures and symbols, the artist explored the concept of infinity across disciplines and cultures. Her inspiration lay in our immediate environment, as well as in the continuity of ancient forms. As you walk past this work, notice the imagery shift between references to science, nature and art. Chapman scientists were asked to handwrite the most elegant equations that communicated their vision of the world, or described the infinite, gravity, or space-time. The natural imagery was found a few miles from Chapman itself. As the artist explains, “We live at the edge of the Pacific, where a seemingly infinite horizon and a constant crash of waves frame an intuitive sense of reality and infinity.”
Art is represented by symbols that reappear across the globe and throughout history. Turk perceives that these forms “share patterns reflecting human intrigue with the elegance of the infinite and the paradox of what is.”
[Keck Exhibition, 2018]
Status
On viewLocation
- Keck Center for Science and Engineering (1 University Dr), Floor 1, Hallway 103
