Lorraine Walsh - Ashville, North Carolina

"Superstrings," 27" x 12 1/2", Iris Print, 2001

Artist Statement:

String theory merges two theories of modern physics - quantum mechanics and general relativity, which are mathematically incompatible - into a common framework. A fundamental premise of string theory is that the basic objects in nature are not point-like, but string-like. It suggests that there are as many as ten, plus time, for a total of 11 spacetime dimensions.

Visualizing extra dimensions is quite a challenge and one that I am beginning to unravel in my art. My SUPERSTRINGS work explores how these objects may appear in space.

Lorraine Walsh
lw@lorrainewalsh.com, lwalsh@unca.edu
http://www.lorrainewalsh.com

Selected Exhibitions:

• "Toxic Landscapes: Artists Examine the Environment", The José Martí National Library, Havana, Cuba 2002
  
• "New Prints 2001", International Print Center NY, New York, NY, 2001
  
• "Insider's View-Digital Prints", Silicon Gallery Fine Art Prints, Brooklyn, NY & Philadelphia, PA, 2001
  
• "Millennium Bugs" Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY, 2000
  
• "Visiones Graficas" La Libreria Pegaso del Centro Cultura, Mexico City, Mexico,1999
  
• "I Love New York" Museum Ludwig, Köln, Germany, 1998