Chris Koster FRSA
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"Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe” Galileo Galilei
Chris Koster hails from a family of traditional media artists that includes renowned wildlife printmaker and Royal Academy exhibitor David Koster, but his chosen medium is far from traditional. He composes entirely in pure mathematics, transcending all material techniques to directly explore complex realms of emergent forms and structures in the creation of profound abstract visual works.
His first major series 'Infinite' is composed as a single mathematical formula which defines a specific higher-dimensional space of potentialities — a meta-image. Navigating this space, Koster discovers and captures each of the individual compositions as a pure found object — thirty-nine so far. Koster then physically realises these images as unique originals using an equally remarkable process — high-pressure transfer of gas-phase dye on to polymer-coated aluminium, yielding a spectacular luminous intensity and vibrancy.
Koster writes "My work explores and employs the premise of higher planes of existence which are remote yet connected to our everyday world. I call it hyper-abstract. It deeply engages each viewer's personal interpretation and invites fundamental questions on the nature of reality v. imagination, corporeal v. incorporeal, and finite v. infinite."
Shortlisted for It's Art Call 2019
Chris Koster hails from a family of traditional media artists that includes renowned wildlife printmaker and Royal Academy exhibitor David Koster, but his chosen medium is far from traditional. He composes entirely in pure mathematics, transcending all material techniques to directly explore complex realms of emergent forms and structures in the creation of profound abstract visual works.
His first major series 'Infinite' is composed as a single mathematical formula which defines a specific higher-dimensional space of potentialities — a meta-image. Navigating this space, Koster discovers and captures each of the individual compositions as a pure found object — thirty-nine so far. Koster then physically realises these images as unique originals using an equally remarkable process — high-pressure transfer of gas-phase dye on to polymer-coated aluminium, yielding a spectacular luminous intensity and vibrancy.
Koster writes "My work explores and employs the premise of higher planes of existence which are remote yet connected to our everyday world. I call it hyper-abstract. It deeply engages each viewer's personal interpretation and invites fundamental questions on the nature of reality v. imagination, corporeal v. incorporeal, and finite v. infinite."
Shortlisted for It's Art Call 2019