Next Saturday May 5, on the occasion of TheCreativeFest, PLOM Gallery organizes contemporary art workshops for children at l’Antiga Fàbrica Damm. The workshops will revolve around the concept of Geometric Abstraction. In this text written exclusively for the blog, journalist and writer Pedro Calleja reflects on Geometric Abstraction in Art and Science.
What does a Physical scientist think about when he does research?
And what does an abstract artist think about when he paints?
The logical answer to these questions is: well, the physical scientist thinks in formulas, numbers and mathematical symbols, and the abstract artist, in colors, shapes and textures.
Well, that’s fine. I’m not convinced. 
The Planets, from Chinchilla. Handmade tapestry.
Wool dyed by the artist.
In the SHOP.
Inside the heads of a scientist and an artist
When I think of the inside of a Physical scientist’s head, I imagine everyday objects transformed into something impossible, images of space transformed into flying carpets, rainbows of colors stretched like chewing gum… And when I think of the inside of an Abstract artist’s head, I imagine, imagine… everyday objects transformed into something impossible, images of space transformed into flying carpets, rainbows of colors stretched like chewing gum! 
Conill, by Miu Mirambell. Original work.
Collage on paper and pencil.
In the SHOP.
Well, I am convinced that there is not so much difference between what a Physical scientist thinks or what he ponders or what an Abstract artist meditates when each one works in his own field.
Pure Geometric Abstraction.
A Nobel laureate in physics who paints his equations
The other day, reading an interview by journalist Toni Pou with 88-year-old Nobel Prize-winning physicist and scientist Jerome Friedman , published in the Ara newspaper , I came across some very interesting statements . 
Felt Paintings, by Sofia Schizas. Felt on canvas.
In the SHOP.
Asked whether his early training as a painter had influenced his work as a physicist, Friedman replied:
“I would say the most important influence is that I think in images, not equations .When I think of a process, I visualize it mentally. I don’t try to complicate it with equations.”
Responding to the question of whether the work of an artist and the work of a scientist were anything alike, Friedman said:
“Of course! Both work at the highest levels of creativity (…) in the process of constructing new scientific theories, imagination and intuition are used, and the creative intensity is exactly the same as when creating a work of art”.
Untitled 7, by Pol Pintó. Original.
Acrylic on paper.
In the SHOP.
PLOM Gallery presents Geometric Abstraction, Contemporary Art workshops for Children between 4 and 10 years old. On Saturday, May 5, 2018, from 11.00 to 14:00 hrs, at TheCreativeFest, l’Antiga Fàbrica Damm (C/ del Rosselló, 515. Barcelona).
The workshops are free.
We are waiting for you!
The work that heads this post is Black and Blue Shapes #1, by Sofia Schizas. Oil on canvas.
4 pieces sold together.
In the SHOP.
