2024 Joint Mathematics Meetings

David A. Reimann

Artists

Statement

Through my art I make visible the beauty and wonder I see in the often abstract world of mathematics. I enjoy giving visual representations to mathematical concepts such as number, form, and process. I often use patterns that convey messages at multiple levels and scales using a wide variety of mathematical elements and media. Some of my work contains fine detail that allows the art to be viewed differently depending on the distance between the viewer and the art. Another prevalent theme in my work is symmetry, where the overall pattern is created by repeated rotation or translation of a smaller very similar units.

Artworks

Image for entry 'One to One Hundred'

One to One Hundred

50.0 x 50.0 cm

Digital Print

2023

Additional info

This work depicts a composite of the numbers 1 through 100, each as a geometric arrangement of identical simple visual elements. This is part of an ongoing series of artworks expressing the positive integers as a geometric arrangement of identical simple visual elements that invite the viewer to contemplate the concept of number. This unary representation is naturally bijective and harkens back to the ancient counting technique that uses a one-to-one correspondence between a set of objects of interest (such as sheep or goats) and a set of counters (such as pebbles or tally marks). The artworks in this series can be used in teaching counting and in associating visual patterns with mathematical patterns.