Jean-Pierre Hébert: Study for DNA, Red
Artist(s):
Title:
- Study for DNA, Red
Exhibition:
Creation Year:
- 1998
Medium:
- Acrylic inks on four sheets of cream Pescia paper
Size:
- 30 x 22
Category:
Artist Statement:
An evolving abstraction of the landscape within a cell as it prepares itself for division. Swarms of DNA strands uncoil as they are copied during chromosomes replication. The multiplicity of scales, the vast number of strands surging from the deep inner space of the cell into the forefront, the myriad spirals all suggest the complexity and the vastness of the underlying coded information. The fuzzy symmetries evoke the replications as life evolves. The self-similarities convey that what we see has happened before and knows how to happen again. Each panel illustrates one phase in the process.
The work is not a scientific illustration, and it does not attempt to illustrate or explain genetic processes in the cell. It means to provoke a meditation about the awesome nature and structures of life and of our efforts to understand it.
All Works by the Artist(s) in This Archive:
- Jean-Pierre Hébert
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Un cercle trop étroit
[SIGGRAPH 1995] -
Gris de Payne & Ochre
[SIGGRAPH 1997] -
Deux Lignes Ochres
[SIGGRAPH 1997] -
N'a pas dit son premier mot
[SIGGRAPH 1994] -
Querelle De c'Eau Et De La Terre
[SIGGRAPH 1992] -
Laque Noire
[SIGGRAPH 1990] -
Untitled (reference #87)
[SIGGRAPH 1989] -
Rosettes grises
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
In Visible Cities
[DAC Online Exhibition 2015] -
Ulysse
[SIGGRAPH 2005] -
Still plotting after all those years ...
[SIGGRAPH 2004] -
Systeme Lunaire
[SIGGRAPH 1991] -
Metagon 128
[SIGGRAPH 2003] -
Shandong Mountains
[SIGGRAPH 2001] -
Sisyphus and Ulysses
[SIGGRAPH 1999] -
Study for DNA, Payne's Gray
[SIGGRAPH 1999] -
Study for DNA, Pale Hues
[SIGGRAPH 1999] -
Study for DNA, Red
[SIGGRAPH 1999] -
Quantum Metaphors
[DAC Online Exhibition 2016]
