What to do in Oklahoma on Dec. 15
A painting from the ”Genetic Traits of Time” series by Sarah Hearn.
Today’s featured event:
See Oklahoma City artist Sarah Hearn’s exhibit “Connecting Constellations of an Intangible Universe” at the North Gallery on the first floor of the state Capitol.
Hearn explores the connection between art and science and is constantly inspired by new scientific discoveries.
“Connecting Constellations of an Intangible Universe” features a body of work exploring the parallels between the artist tinkering with scientific equations and the scientist tinkering with the systems of the universe.
In her artwork, Hearn fuses elements of geology, physics, biology, genetics and paleontology as conceptual building blocks to fabricate new relationships between these scientific fields. This giant game of “connect the dots” began with Hearn collecting old maps, charts, blueprints and any other relics of scientific measurement that she could find.
“These papers that once served as attempts to chart, diagram and quantify nature, now have new life as conceptual backgrounds for my drawings. These backgrounds represent the ambivalence I feel about human interaction with the natural world,” Hearn said in a news release.
After selecting the appropriate background, Hearn creates a detailed drawing comprised of numerous layers. Once complete, she coats the drawing with oil and bakes it in the oven. This process makes the paper semi-transparent with a tinted orange cast like that of a color film negative.
“Although I can control what colors will result in the final image, the variables of the drawings themselves, the paper types I use, and the length of time I bake each image creates subtle alchemic surprises in the final print. This element of controlled chaos serves as a constant reminder that science will never harness complete understanding of the natural or technological world,” she said in the release.
A native Oklahoman, Hearn received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the College of Santa Fe in New Mexico. She has participated in solo and group exhibitions in Tulsa, Norman, Oklahoma City and Santa Fe. Hearn is actively involved with Oklahoma arts organizations including the Individual Artists of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Untitled, Living Arts of Tulsa and DeadCENTER Film Festival.
The North Gallery is on the first floor of the Capitol and open daily from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Hearn’s show is on exhibit through Jan. 11.
For more information, call 521-2931 or go to www.state.ok.us/~arts.
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-BAM
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