Primitive Geometries by Thom Mayne
Guided by the principles of willfulness and chance, each drawing is wholly unique: spawned by a computer algorithm and selected by the artist, Thom Mayne. A series of primitive geometries augmented by variables involving rotating and stacking operations, opacity metrics, and additive and subtractive form making compose each result. The final drawing represents an interconnected network whereby one parameter can randomly produce new sets of unexpected results, generating a discrete one of one series.
Each as a one of one series, the drawings encourage a human, tactile connection to the work, qualities that can only come about in one space.
Materials: One pass of UV ink print on rag paper, framed
About Thom Mayne:
Thom Mayne is founding partner of Morphosis, established in 1972 as an interdisciplinary and collective architecture and planning practice involved in experimental design and research. Mayne’s distinguished honors include the Pritzker Prize (2005) and the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal (2013). He was appointed to the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities 2009‒2016. Throughout his career, Mayne has remained active in the art world, exhibiting at leading national and international institutions, including a solo exhibition for Morphosis at the Pompidou Center in 2006. MoMA, SFMOMA, Victoria and Albert Museum, The Chicago Art Institute, The FRAC Centre, The Tchoban Foundation Museum for Architekturzeichnung, among others, hold Mayne’s artwork produced over the course of his 50 year-long career. In 2020, he published Strange Networks (Rizzoli), a monograph highlighting his exploration of combinatory systems. This investigation continues at Stray Dog Café, Mayne’s personal art and research space at Morphosis, where he leads his team of young designers and students on research projects, the creation of artworks, and the development of publications which document their creative output.
