Sonoma County environmental artist Ned Kahn comes to Sonoma State University for a free series of lectures and exhibits on March 21 and April 30.
Kahn focuses on bringing the invisible to life through his sculpture and paintings. He employs various aspects of nature in his works, such as fog, fire, tornadoes, wind, and steam and his work is often on display at the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
Kahn discusses his techniques, influences, inspirations, and discusses how he incorporates fluid dynamics, optics, acoustics, and other features of physics in his paintings and sculptures as part of the Visiting Artists lecture series from noon-1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21 in in Art 108.
Following that exhibition, he discusses the mathematical and kinetic properties of his work as part of the Math Colloquium from 4-5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21 in Darwin 103.
On Monday, April 30, Kahn presents a series of videos and describes his recent work in visualizing turbulence on the scale of buildings as well as the scientific and physical properties of his art at the What Physicists Can Do lecture series in Darwin 103 from 4-5 p.m.
For more information contact Jean Wasp, Media Relations Coordinator, at (707) 664-2057.
