In recent months, I have been trying to develop and shape an idea for my next exhibition. Among the questions that constantly emerge, the memories and the mix of information that gets into my head, I've noticed that many of the issues that I have worked, are parallel to the ones that science works, especially physics.
To be specific, since the time of ancient Greece they already talked about the four basic constructs of reality, that is, <span style="color: #5212b8;"><strong>space, time, energy and matter</strong></span>. Looking at my past exhibition, I can see that the exhibition "<strong>Integrated Images</strong>" the approach was the relationship of figure and shape to the <span style="color: #5212b8;"><strong>space</strong></span> and how they integrated with each other. Later I worked on the theme of <span style="color: #5212b8;"><strong>time</strong></span> in the exhibition "<strong>Fantasies of Time</strong>". I also see that Albert Einstein somehow established that <span style="color: #5212b8;"><strong>ligh</strong></span>t is the link connecting space, time, energy and matter, which also remind me that in my last exhibition of drawings called "Lumbre y Penumbra" (Light and Shadow), the focus was<span style="color: #5212b8;"><strong> light</strong></span>. No, do not think that I was a mad scientist in another life. Although I admit that I love science and I would have liked to have a little more of the stuff that is required to go deeper into those waters. What I have in common is a tremendous amount of questions that I try to express in my work. So now I'm learning more about these issues, and I found some quotes from Albert Einstein that makes me feel much better about what I'm experiencing, like when he says:
<h2><span style="color: #5212b8;">"I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion"</span></h2>
<h3>Albert Einstein</h3>
I feel like he was telling me, stay calm little grasshopper, I used to also have tangled in the head.
So I will continue with my questions in the air, this time concentrating on those related to energy, which is what I think I need to complete this series of works and perhaps when I can see together some works that I did about the <span style="color: #5212b8;"><strong>time</strong></span>, with others that focus on <span style="color: #5212b8;"><strong>space</strong></span> and the ones about <span style="color: #5212b8;"><strong>light</strong></span>, then, maybe the <span style="color: #5212b8;"><strong>energy</strong></span> theme will help achieve a new turn to my ideas and the way I work.
Meanwhile, I will attempt to finish reading an old book that I found in my bookcase called <strong>Art &amp; Physics</strong> by Leonard Shlain. I think that 20 years ago I started reading it but didn't get too far. There is no better time than now to read it thoroughly. I'm about half way and it is really interesting to see how this two different discipline connects. The author says: <em>"Revolutionary art and visionary physics are both investigations into the nature of reality"</em>. Then he goes on with quotes from Roy Lichtenstein, Sir Isaac Newton, and Paul Gauguin among others and I just can stop reading. I'm so glad I found this book!
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<h3><strong>This is a graphic sample from the book Art and Physics by Leonard Shlain that shows the visual effect that speed has on time.</strong></h3>
In my next post I will present the process of one of the first works I am developing now called <strong>Lunatic Voyage</strong>, although the process is different from work to work, but this particular one was a struggle between what I wanted to do and what my experiments brought as an alternative.
I know you are going to like it, so stay tuned. I'd really like to tell you that if you have any questions, let me know, but what I should say is that if you have any answer, please let me know.
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<h2>-Pablo Montes</h2>


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