Art for Science?s Sake
(Posted October 17, 1997 ? Issue 18; archived October 3, 1997) Banana
Exploding
? Andrew Davidhazy
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Andrew Davidhazy works with high speed, panoramic, peripheral and
schlieren photography and other specialized techniques at Rochester Institute of Technology. His wit and keen eye are evident in his Web exhibit, which includes exploding tomatoes and limes (shot through with a bullet), and other marvels of nature. "High speed still cameras have been used in almost every field of scientific and industrial research, permitting the study of subjects whose changes are far too rapid for the unaided human eye to perceive."
Science for Art?s Sake
Nature Reborn
by Ming Fay
1991, Mixed media installation
Photo ? 1996 by Min-Yen Kan
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Shanghai-born sculptor Ming Fay transforms wire, gauze, paper pulp, and acrylic into fantastic outsized vegetal forms. In his "vegetarian operas" familiar fruits, nuts, and pods of natural history become unfamiliar giants, rich with cultural and psychological associations of growth, decay, and sexuality. Ming Fay's work is documented in First Cycle Art Gallery, a compendium of work by first generation Chinese immigrants to the US.
Nature Reborn
