Irene Rousseau
My story began decades ago. It is about my passion to understand
structures and patterns in the seen and invisible world.
The insights I have gained underlie the conceptual framework for the
body of my work.
As an artist, I aim to bridge the disciplines of art and mathematics
and metaphorically represent the concepts to create the art.
'Self-Similarity:a Poetic Vision"
This math/artwork is an aesthetic design using a concept of
self-similarity. There are 50 shapes.
The shape can become a very complex pattern as the simple shape is
repeated on different scales from large to small.
The structure consists of interweaving rhythms that change spatial
locations as they weave in and out from concave to convex. The
individual hand drawn ink dots are clustered to create a texture
that suggests a 3D illusion. The composition consists of separate
units that are combined so as to generate a visual movement. The
same shape is also flipped and reflected in order to provide
visual variety. It is repeated on different scales and becomes a
complex pattern of self-similarity.