LOS ANGELES — Getty announced today details for its upcoming exhibitions related to PST ART: Art & Science Collide.
The Getty initiative will present over 70 exhibitions at institutions across Southern California that all explore the intersections of art and science—past, present, and in the imaginable future. The Getty Center will host eight PST ART exhibitions—more than any other venue in the region—as well as two special installations.
The theme of art and science will be represented through a major international loan exhibition that
examines how the science of light impacted art and religion of the “Long Middle Ages;” photography exhibitions of artists who experimented with light in abstract imagery and holography; an exhibition on a spectacular French microscope from Getty’s collection; a manuscript exhibition that reveals the scientific mysteries of medieval astrology; a drawings exhibition that explores how artists creatively used paper and light together; a conservation exhibition on Vincent van Gogh’s Irises that reconsiders the original appearance of this beloved painting; an exhibition that tells the story of Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T) and the role it played in fostering collaboration between artists and engineers; and, finally, two contemporary installations tied to the special exhibition, Lumen: The Art and Science of Light: one exploring the manipulation of spectral sunlight in the museum’s rotunda by artist Charles Ross and another featuring a meditative sculpture
and light installation by Helen Pashgian.
https://www.getty.edu/museum
