It’s Hip to be Square

March 12, 2017

This post contributed by Tianna Lewis.

Stephen Kekule, Game Day at the Cube Houses — Stephen Kekule, Game Day at the Cube Houses

There’s just something about a straight line that makes the eye sing. Our brains love geometric shapes, perfectly rendered and replicated. Mathematics allows for a precision that is not often observed in nature.

Throughout history we see the use of mathematics in art; they have evolved along side each other, influenced and enhanced one another. It’s a beautiful relationship, that produces some of the world’s most hypnotic imagery.

Barbara Rawls, Stacked Parts, Astoria — Barbara Rawls, Stacked Parts, Astoria

Annegret Disterheft, Roxho's Arrival — Annegret Disterheft, Roxho’s Arrival

Stephen Adams, Right Angle 2 — Stephen Adams, Right Angle 2

Ralph Davis, Pentagon III — Ralph Davis, Pentagon III

Eileen Cotter Howell, Floral Study 2 — Eileen Cotter Howell, Floral Study 2

LeslieAnn Butler, Time on Fire — LeslieAnn Butler, Time on Fire

Margaret Coe, Village 17 — Margaret Coe, Village 17

Alice Van Leunen, Puzzle Box — Alice Van Leunen, Puzzle Box

Sidonie Caron, Masada — Sidonie Caron, Masada

Martha Pfanschmidt, Highs and Lows — Martha Pfanschmidt, Highs and Lows

Anita Kaplan, Connections — Anita Kaplan, Connections

Bill Baily, Squares of Pears — Bill Baily, Squares of Pears

Candace Primack, Looking on the Bright Side — Candace Primack, Looking on the Bright Side

Barry Johnson, Happy Day — Barry Johnson, Happy Day

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These include the Willamette Tumwater, Clackamas, Kathlemet, Molalla, Multnomah and Watlala Chinook Peoples and the Tualatin Kalapuya who today are part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, and many other Native communities who made their homes along the Columbia River.

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