what is art exactly?
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Van Gogh - The field of crows
Art is what we call it, says Thierry de Duve. And Jean-François Lyotard points out that, for the ancient Greeks, tragedy is not art.
I have fond memories of my time in the computer industry and some very useful knowledge. I’m not talking about electronics, but about my friends. Unlike me, these friends have studied science.
On an evening when the question arises: what’s the most beautiful thing? The answers are varied:
- Aston Martin DB5
- Michelangelo’s David
- Proust’s La Recherche
- Kim Kardashian
- Aix en Provence
- For me, since my A-levels, it’s been Euler’s identity.
There was a kind of silence.
And Jean-Marc Boudeau explains:
the formula brings together numbers, operations, constants, but also trigonometry and geometry, analysis, algebra, the three transcendental numbers e, i, pi … It’s as if all mathematics had been brought together… just for fun!
The painting and the little formula make us dream; but not the same dreams, and in different minds. Art and maths touch on sensibilities that are considered incompatible. By chance, in my mind, the two coexist quite well. That’s what enabled me to make my Luchrones. But finding the right balance is not easy. For many people these imaginary worlds seem contradictory.
Can art, like maths, detach itself from tangible objects without getting lost? The 1985 exhibition “Les immatériaux” poses the question