Susan Aldworth
Born in 1955, Susan Aldworth, a highly original and experimental artist, is a British artist who specialises in works exploring the human mind. She is fascinated by human consciousness and the relationship between the physical brain and our sense of self. Aldworth is a printmaker, working with etching, monotype and lithography, as well as a filmmaker and portraitist. As said by Susan Aldworth, “I have always been curious about the world and interested in ideas.”
Fabian Oefner
Fabian Oefner’s work profoundly explores the intricate connections between time, space, and reality. Through his work, Oefner fabricates moments and spaces that blend the real and imagined lines, creating a delicate balance between authenticity and invention. Oefner`s artistic process is highly methodical, requiring extensive research, experimentation, and collaboration with experts in various fields.
James Turrell
Light and space movement by James Turrell. For over half a century, the American artist James Turrell has worked directly with light and space to create artworks that engage viewers with the limits and wonder of human perception. Turrell, an avid pilot who has logged over twelve thousand hours flying, considers the sky his studio, material and canvas.
Janet Saad-Cook
Janet Saad-Cook's art lies at the intersection of light and, space and time. Honoured as a pioneer in the field of multidisciplinary art, she invented new ways to create art by fusing sunlight, time, reflection and motion. Working with pure wavelengths of light coming from the sun, Saad-Cook combines ancient sun-marking techniques with 21st-century technology to create Sun Drawings
Michelangelo
Michelangelo is one of the artists who qualifies and has dedicated his understanding to the field of art and science. He is known for his artistic masterpieces like David, Pieta and the Sistine Chapel, and his solutions for many vexing architectural and engineering would also ensure his scientific credentials.
Filippo Brunelleschi
Brunelleschi started working in the slums of amidst the slums of the Santa Croce quarter. There, young Brunelleschi learned the skills of mounting, engraving and embossing. He also studied the science of motion, using wheels, gears, cogs and weights.
Leon Battista Alberti
Renaissance architecture and geometry Leon Battista Alberti’s 1435 treatise on geometry and science made him qualified as a scientist,
Leonardo Da Vinci
One of the most famous examples of the interconnection between art and science is the work of Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci. While his Mona Lisa is probably the most famous portrait ever painted, Da Vinci’s scientific drawings, recently on exhibit at the Boston Museum of Science, are smaller in scale and intricately detailed and annotated.
Where science meets art…
Science and art rely on observation and synthesis: taking what is seen and creating something new. Our society could hardly exist without either, but when they come together, our culture is enriched, sometimes unexpectedly.