New Kind of Science Abstractions
NKS Translucida 1 2003 (Acrylic on Aluminum plate) 24" x 48" (61 cm x 152.4 cm)e
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NKS Translucida 2 2003 (Acrylic on Aluminum plate) 48" x 24" (152.4 cm x 61 cm) |
NKS Translucida 3 2003 (Acrylic on Aluminum plate) 48" x 18.5" (152.4 cm x 47 cm)r
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| NKS Transludica is the five painting series I created for the October 2003 NKS Mojave installation, two of which are in private collections. This was an experiment using dripped acrylic paint on large 2' x 4' aluminum panels from the local recycling scrap yard. The problem was how I could use reactive materials to evoke the evolution of an NKS 2D cellular automaton. Additionally I wanted to resurrect a medieval (700AD) technique from Constantinople called Pictura Translucida with which monks used transparent resin mastic or lacquers and transparent pigments on polished metals to play with the light... Fiat Lux! | ||