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ENTANGLED    
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The theory of the spontaneous knotting of an agitated string* was the original inspiration for this group of 4 artists to present their work together. The formation of the group was a little like the spontaneous knotting of the string, instead its being an entanglement of individuals. As one artist noticed that another's work fit the theory, they, in turn, noticed others whose visual ideas included tangling and unraveling and invited them into the group. Visually and metaphorically they are united by their interest in interconnectedness, fragmentation and the beauty in apparent chaos. The theme ties Hochfeld, Benson, Griffith and Meltzer together into a string quartet but they remain distinct in their use of materials and how they tell the story. As with any group exhibition each artwork could add to the understanding of the rest of the artworks exhibited. They are two painters, a photographer and a sculptor working with apparent and actual knots. At our meetings to discuss entanglement we kept unwinding the deepness and the richness of the theme. What might seem trivial at first, has become a basis to visually express a host of other subjects-- nature, human impact on the environment, the conflicts of growing up andworld politics. The word "entanglement" popped up everywhere. To our surprise, a Google search brought to light the scientific theory, Quantum Entanglements**, which describes the interconnection and independence between particles. Everywhere there was another source of inspiration propelling us to build upon the artwork already done. Images shown are representative of the artists' work, the pieces that united the group, but are not necessarily those that would be exhibited in "Entangled." Each of the artists is continuing the Entanglement series; new works could be made made especially for the exhibition. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ * "In an article in the Proceedings for the National Academy of Sciences called "Spontaneous Knotting of an Agitated String", Douglas Smith, an assistant professor of physics, and Dorian Raymer, a research assistant, reported on the results of thousands of experiments involving loose string in motion, ultimately developing a computer model that accurately predicts and describes real-world knots". See the abstract at The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. **"Quantum entanglement is a possible property of a quantum mechanical state of a system of two or more objects in which the quantum states of the constituting objects are linked together so that one object can no longer be adequately described without full mention of its counterpart — even though the individual objects may be spatially separated. See an article in Wikipedia.about Quantum Entanglement. |