ART ∩ MATH (CoCA Seattle, March 1- April 14, 2018)
By Daina Taimina I was lucky to be in Seattle in time to see ART ∩ MATH ( Art intersects Math ) at Center on Contemporary Art in Pioneer Square. I went there in the morning and was the only viewer in the gallery to enjoy very well displayed mathematical artworks which all were accompanied with descriptions revealing concepts behind them thus adding an educational component to aesthetic enjoyment of creative ideas and excellent craftsmanship. It happened to be Thursday, and I was invited to return back in the evening because that is when First Thursday Art Walk was happening. I am glad I did - the gallery looked quite different. People were talking to curators of the exhibit Katherine Cook and Dan Finkel, discussing with each other, exchanging their understanding of mathematical concepts represented. Several were mesmerized looking at blinking eyes of George Legrady's Blink 3, 2007 , the pattern based on Ising model , first developed to explain how magnetism of particle...
