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Past Exhibitions 2023

Triangles within a Square: Art and Mathematics

Four grey right triangles sit in two pairs, filling a square; the hypotenuses of each pair face each other and all their tips touch the top of the square.
Gordon House, Triangles Within a Square I, 1971, etching on paper, 25 x 18 1/8 inches, Tang Teaching Museum collection, gift of Kenneth Dorman 1980.241
A gallery in a long hallway features a white wall with hanging artworks,to the right of a large window with pedestals in front of them, atop which sits small sculptures.
Installation view, Triangles within a Square: Art and Mathematics, Tang Teaching Museum, 2023, photo by Mindy McDaniel
A straight-on view of a white wall features multiple artworks of various mediums hanging in an asymmetrical formation.
Installation view, Triangles within a Square: Art and Mathematics, Tang Teaching Museum, 2023, photo by Mindy McDaniel
A rough six by six grid of layered shapes which resemble squares that have been turned, squeezed, or stretched out of perfect regularity.
Vera Molnar, Structure de Quadrilateres (Square Structures), 1985, computer drawing on paper, 11 ¼ x 11 ¼ inches, Tang Teaching Museum collection, 2019.24
Seen at an angle, three brightly-lit artworks hang on a white wall, above a black floor.
Installation view, Triangles within a Square: Art and Mathematics, Tang Teaching Museum, 2023, photo by Mindy McDaniel
A flow chart drawn in pencil on white paper with the title “Symbolic Head” written at the top.
Glenn Ligon, untitled (symbolic head), 1999, pencil on paper, 22 5/8 x 17 5/8 inches, Tang Teaching Museum collection, gift of a private collection 2019.15.1.7
On a white wall is a framed artwork hanging partially atop a light blue, asymmetrical painted section of wall that contains the exhibition title above a paragraph of text.
Installation view, Triangles within a Square: Art and Mathematics, Tang Teaching Museum, 2023, photo by Mindy McDaniel
A long gallery space with a framed artwork hung atop a blue painted section of wall closest to us, after which hangs an orange artwork next to a row of windows.
Installation view, Triangles within a Square: Art and Mathematics, Tang Teaching Museum, 2023, photo by Mindy McDaniel
Mathematicians and artists have much in common, sharing the same desires to understand the physical world and to explore and comprehend abstract concepts. One way they do so is through visualizing ideas and relationships. Numerous mathematical ideas are embodied in the visual arts, which, in turn, have helped shape advances in math—as well as computer science and other disciplines—in important ways.
Triangles within a Square: Art and Mathematics draws on art from the Tang Teaching Museum collection to present a range of approaches and concerns that bridge the disciplines. Through paintings, prints, drawings, textile, and sculpture, the exhibition presents images and concepts tied to mathematical perspective, algorithms, computer-generated art, and more, demonstrating the ways in which mathematics and art inform, support, and reflect each other and the world around us.
This exhibition is organized by the Tang’s Malloy Curator Rachel Seligman, in conjunction with the class MA116: Math in the Museum, which she teaches during spring semester 2023. The show is supported by the Friends of the Tang.
Exhibition Name
Triangles within a Square: Art and Mathematics
Exhibition Type
Group Exhibitions
Place
Winter Gallery
Dates
Jan 28, 2023 - Apr 23, 2023
Curators
This exhibition is organized by the Tang’s Malloy Curator Rachel Seligman, in conjunction with the class MA116: Math in the Museum, which she teaches during spring semester 2023.
Artists
Joel Fisher, Charles Gaines, Gordon House, Linda Karshan, Glenn Ligon, Douglas Melini, Vera Molnár, Martha Rosler, Jana Sterbak, Ruby Sky Stiler, Lenore Tawney, Dannielle Tegeder, Anne Truitt, Unrecorded Diné (Navajo) artist, Sara VanDerBeek
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May 1, 2023, 4:30 PM
Math in the Museum: Math Trails in the Galleries
Apr 13, 2023, 12 PM
Curator’s Tour of Triangles within a Square: Art and Mathematics
Feb 18, 2023, 2 PM
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