Particles and Waves: Southern California Abstraction and Science

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Author: Duncan, MichaelThis title unites several generations of artists working in diverse materials and styles to visualise light, energy, motion and time. The volume features a w ide array of artists and topics, from Man Ray’s paintings of mathematical models to Lee Mullican’s computer-inspired abstractions, as well as the West Coast Minimalists and Light and Space artists’ (including Mary Corse and James Turrell) rigourous studies of light and many more.The synergy between art and science is an age-old tale; artists throughout time, from Leonardo da Vinci to Beeple, have incorporated newly discovered scientific theories and techniques into their practices. The PST ART project 'Particles and Waves: Southern California Abstraction and Science' explores a particularly fecund yet underexplored period in the history of art and science’s cross-fertilisation. The development of postwar industry and research in Southern California inspired a host of artistic innovations; for decades, abstract artists from the region experimented with colour, form and mediums, variously employing ideas or procedures gleaned from the latest developments in physics, astronomy and mathematics.ISBN 9781636811383. DelMonico Books/Palm Springs Museum of Art. hb. 176 pages. 120 colour, 25 b/w ills. 29.8 x 24.8 cm.available Show more