Denise Demaret-Pranville
18 articles published in Tangente
Math for everyoneN°186Jan 23, 2019Astro: street art, trompe-l'oeil and optical illusions
A painter and visual artist, Astro favors random structures and elementary geometric forms in both his paintings and his murals. Trompe-l'oeil, anamorphoses and other optical illusions also interest this self-taught artist.
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History and CultureN°185Nov 21, 2018South America: Fondation Cartier's ode to geometry
Until 24 February 2019, Fondation Cartier is exploring the presence of geometry in art across South America, from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, spanning pre-Columbian and contemporary art as well as Indigenous American cultures.
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History and CultureN°185Nov 21, 2018Christian Lavigne
Visual artist Christian Lavigne's work achieves a beautiful alchemy of mathematics, art, poetry and, above all, digital sculpture, a field in which he is a leading figure. He created the first French digital sculpture produced using additive manufacturing.
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History and CultureN°179Nov 22, 2017Ulysse Lacoste: art, mathematics and performance
Mathematics, art, poetry, craftsmanship, kinematics, performance… Ulysse Lacoste's work embraces all this and more, blurring boundaries in pursuit of a distinctive alchemy that sets this singular artist's approach apart.
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Math for everyoneN°59Apr 25, 2016Antoine Pevsner: homage to the straight line
In 1956, the sculptor Antoine Pevsner declared: "The most important feature of my work today […], the principle on which all my sculpture is now built, is the exclusive use of straight lines."
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Math for everyoneN°169Mar 14, 2016Sylvie Donmoyer, an artist fascinated by mathematics
An artist, not a mathematician, Sylvie Donmoyer is fascinated by geometric forms. In one engraving after another, inspired by Dürer and above all by Escher, she weaves connections between the two worlds of art and mathematics.
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