Dorothea Rockburne

Résumé du livre

Dorothea Rockburne's Astronomy Drawings exemplify how the seemingly disparate worlds of art and science can merge with grace and clarity. She describes their genesis: "A friend had given me a very good small telescope, which I could mount on the hood of my car. I would drive to the beach at night and study the stars ... The Astronomy Drawings are an exciting direction my work has taken, which, in a way, came as a complete surprise. They combine nature, geometry, topology, and painting in an easy and natural way. The transition to move from certain higher forms of geometry, which I had used in former work, to astronomy just seems to flow. I have been working that way ever since." Rockburne credits her deep interest in the intersection of art, nature and mathematics to Black Mountain College mathematics professor Max Dehn. A friend and associate of Albert Einstein, Dehn was a beloved member of the BMC community.