Artist: Matjuska Teja Krasek
A proportion that gives us an experience of the aesthetic appeal is the golden mean. I believe that one of the reasons we perceive it as beautiful may lay in the fact that it appears in the proportions of our own bodies, and that we can find it in the world that surrounds us.

Quasicrystal World (acrylic/canvas, 91 x 78 cm, 1996)




9 (stars) (computer graphics, 13.5 x 10.5 cm, 1998)
Therefore, it is not surprising that it was incorporated in artworks throughout history; and it should not be ignored now at the end of the twentieth century.



As an element of symmetry, as a unifying concept, the golden mean can be seen and used as a connection between various disciplines such as art, mathematics and science.

10/5 (acrylic/canvas, 45 x 40 cm, 1998)

Quasicube V (acrylic/canvas, 82 x 70 cm, 1997)
I am interested in how the golden mean appears in Penrose tilings and in Penrose rhombs, which are derived from a regular pentagon where the golden mean and other interesting properties can be observed.



I am especially interested in relations between two Penrose rhombs (a thick and a thin one) and in how they relate to a pentagon. I strive to express these relations in my artworks, connecting them to my feelings, thoughts and experiences.

2,3,5... (acrylic/paper, 30.3 x 21 cm, 1999)




10 (acrylic/canvas, 40.5 x 34.5 cm, 1998)
Through studying these relations, one can make interesting compositions. Compositions that seem to be unstable---for instance, one such as above where a geometrical/organic contrast meets a cold/warm one---seem at first glance as if they do not have anything in common with a pentagon or with Penrose tilings.




All artwork ©Matjuska Teja Krasek.

Matjuska Teja Krasek,
Ob zici 7 ,
1000 Ljubljana,
Slovenia.
E-mail: tejak@yahoo.com



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