Mathematics at the Vladem
I was fortunate to be able to attend pre-opening galas for the new Vladem Contemporary Museum show on Shadow and Light here in Santa Fe. I am not including images of the show's works here. You may see samples of the artists' works here from other references. “Shadow and Light explores in part how those new techniques allowed artists to interpret their emotional, psychological, or spiritual experiences of the Southwest,” Mark White, NMMOA executive director, said last summer. I had a slightly different take on the exhibit; I noticed that "mathematics" was mentioned in the descriptions of the artwork a number of times ('geometry' occurs frequently also). This intrigued me (as a Mathematician, but also as an Artist). Since light is in fact very mathematical perhaps it makes sense that we would find that the work in this exhibit referenced mathematics. I was just surprised - pleasantly surprised. And I decided to do a little research into a few of the exhibi
