Following the successful ‘Quantum Ceramics‘ exhibition at Knight Webb Gallery, a new collaborative project has been formed. This project is between abstract painter Rufus Knight-Webb and ceramicist and theoretical physicist Nadav Drukker.

Drukker and Webb both draw from extensive knowledge in their fields, combining their unlikely subject matter; Theoretical Physics and Abstract Painting. Initially each work appears to represent a blackboard, however as the eyes focus on the picture plane the illusion deepens, an artwork of abstract improvisation appears.

The inscribed and written formulae are ‘String Theory & Supersymmetric Field Theories’, which are Drukker’s specialised areas of research. The theory is written onto a black and white canvas as though for an advanced mathematics lesson. Because the physics is purely theoretical and difficult to communicate to a non scientific public, the artist and scientist collaboration helps illustrate the beauty in the physics without a need to understand any of it.

Nadav Drukker & Rufus Knight-Webb  ‘Quantum Painting No.1’ 2017, Mixed media on canvas, 120 x 170 cm

Nadav Drukker & Rufus Knight-Webb  ‘Quantum Painting No.2’ 2017, Mixed media on canvas, 90 x 140 cm

Nadav Drukker & Rufus Knight-Webb  ‘Quantum Painting No.3’ 2017, Mixed media on canvas, 90 x 140 cm