Digital Prints
• • • Adrienne Klein • • •

Octahedron - Air, 1999, 12" x 13", Fujix print on paper

Icosahedron - Water, 1999, 12"x13", Fujix print on paper

Dodecahedron - Universe / Divinity, 1999, 12"x13", Fujix print on paper
 • • • Artist Statement • • •

The Platonic Solids
Three digital prints from a suite of five.

This work honors one set of classical building blocks: the five regular (Platonic) solids: the tetrahedron, the hexahedron (cube), the octahedron, the dodecahedron, and the icosahedron. Only these five shapes meet certain mathematical criteria. In addition to being beautiful in their simplicity, these solids have many layers of symbol and meaning. Their recognition as special solids pre-dates Greek civilization, and can be traced to Egypt. To ancient Greeks, they symbolized the essential elements of existence: fire, earth, air, water, and the universe / divinity.
• • • Selected Exhibitions • • •

2000:
Womentek, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA

1999:
Ars (Dis)Symmetrica'99: Science in the Arts - Art in the Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

1998:
Mind's Eye, Albany Center Galleries, Albany, NY

1996:
Passages, Ellis Island Immigration Museum, New York, NY

1993:
Witness to Existence, Demarco European Art Foundation, Edinburgh Festival, Scotland

• • • Awards / Honors • • •

1998 New York State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Grant
1996 Sally and Milton Avery Foundation Grant
1992-95 Board of Governors, New York Foundation for the Arts
• • • Homepage • • •

www.aklein.homestead.com
• • • Contact Info • • •

adrienne_k@hotmail.com
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