{"id":6372,"date":"2014-05-15T10:37:45","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T08:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/?p=6372"},"modified":"2015-08-15T09:26:26","modified_gmt":"2015-08-15T07:26:26","slug":"the-artists-coach-symmetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/05\/15\/the-artists-coach-symmetry\/","title":{"rendered":"The artist&#8217;s coach: Symmetry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6372 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/05\/15\/the-artists-coach-symmetry\/safa103\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SAFA103.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6378\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6378'>\n\t\t\t\tSam Falls, Untitled (Venice, CA, Double-sided 3), 2013, pre-dyed jersey, 187.96 x 153.67 cm. Courtesy of T293 Napoli\/Roma, Private collection..\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/05\/15\/the-artists-coach-symmetry\/tumblr_mk2r2jtjgz1qk3loxo2_1280\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tumblr_mk2r2jtJgZ1qk3loxo2_1280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6379\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6379'>\n\t\t\t\tKaarina Kaikkonen, Are We Still Going On?, 2012, installazione site specific, Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/17\/a-trip-in-mantova-with-candida-hofer\/attachment\/2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Candida H\u00f6fer, Teatro Scientifico Bibiena Mantova, 2010, 180x225.4 cm \u00a9 Candida H\u00f6fer\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4308\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4308'>\n\t\t\t\tCandida H\u00f6fer, Teatro Scientifico Bibiena Mantova, 2010, 180&#215;225.4 cm \u00a9 Candida H\u00f6fer\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/05\/15\/the-artists-coach-symmetry\/dscn8232\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSCN8232.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6374\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6374'>\n\t\t\t\tFortunato Depero, Testa, painted wood, 1923, Fondazione Cima, NY.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/05\/15\/the-artists-coach-symmetry\/dscn8920\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSCN8920.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6377\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6377'>\n\t\t\t\tConstantin Brancusi, L&#8217;Oiselet I, 1928; Bronze, limestone, oak. MoMA, NY.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/14\/sebastian-black-remembering-of-giorgio-morandi-and-the-great-gatsby\/sbla025\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/SBLA025.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4221\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4221'>\n\t\t\t\tSebastian Black, Unique Newark\nPink blink, 2013, oil on canvas, 36 x 27 inches\nCourtesy the artist and C L E A R I N G, Brooklyn, Brussels.\nphoto credits : mark-woods.com\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Art, of course, doesn&#8217;t concern only the realm of the visual. It is an experience that always involves the entire human being. But this passage from Ramachandran may help to\u00a0a better understanding of what many contemporary artists are doing when they use the \u201cfigural primitive\u201d called symmetry. Be careful: the below\u00a0passage could also be read as a\u00a0metaphor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Symmetry, of course, is also aesthetically pleasing as is well known to any Islamic artist (or indeed to any child looking through a kaleidoscope) and it is thought to be extracted very early in visual processing (Julesz, 1971). Since most biologically important objects \u2013 such as predator, prey or mate are symmetrical, it may serve as an early-warning system to grab our attention to facilitate further processing of the symmetrical entity until is fully recognized. As such, this principle complements the other laws described in this essay; it is geared towards discovering \u201cinteresting\u201d object-like entities in the world.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Intriguingly, it has recently been shown experimentally that when choosing a mate, animals and humans prefer symmetrical over asymmetrical ones and evolutionary biologists have argued that this is because parasitic infestation \u2013 detrimental to fertility \u2013 often produces lopsided, asymmetrical growth and development. If so, it is hardly surprising that we have a built-in-aesthetic preference for symmetry.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>V.S. Ramanchandran, &#8220;The science of art: a neurological theory of aesthetic experience&#8221;, Journal of Consciousness Studies, Vo. 6.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Art, of course, doesn&#8217;t concern only the realm of the visual. 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