Todd Siler
Surrealist Drawing of a Mythological Figure by Todd Siler
c. 20th Century

Name: Surrealist Drawing of a Mythological Figure by Todd Siler
Brand: Todd Siler
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Todd Siler (American, b. 1953) Untitled, c. Late 20th Century Pen/ink on paper Framed: 31 x 25 in. Initialed lower left: T.L.S. The following, submitted August, 2005, is from the artist: The American artist Todd Siler stands astride two worldsart and scienceand he seeks out similarities of process across the traditional barriers of these two domains of knowledge. He refers to this integrative work as "artscience," as it fully melds various experiential approaches to creative inquiry and learning. The first visual artist ever to receive a doctorate in Interdisciplinary Studies in Psychology and Art from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Todd Silerexplores the relationships and deep connections in the sciences and the arts. He interrelates eons of evolutionary thoughts on the nature of the human mind, expressing a lifelong passion to understand and celebrate the creative process -- specifically,how wethink, create, discover, learn, invent, innovate, and communicate. In his one most recent body of artwork, Silerenvisions the nature "A.R.T. (All Representations of Thought), providing an alternative vision of time, space, matter, and energy beyond the fourth dimension that takes into account the edgy, violent side of our creative nature. Siler's multi-media installation, "A.R.T. Strings" consists of paintings on synthetic canvas ("Metaphorms") and freestanding steel sculptures ("Subliminal Stories") that depict a world of information we experience daily that is radically shaping the future of life as we know it. In describing the digitally compressed and distorted photographs in his sculptures, Todd Siler writes: "We compress and expand everything, as naturally as gravity distorts time and shapes space. These compressed expansions and expanded compressions affect everything under the sun: from our sense of truth to our experiences of beauty; from blissful joys to beastly horrors. Today we find ourselves staring at the edges of things, wondering about the subliminal stories our minds create to cope with our eternally turbulent universe, and potentially terrifying future. Are we, as physicists and string theorists relate, merely anonymous creations of invisible strings of matter too subtle to see? Does each nameless string contain a world of information that will forever elude the touch of human understanding? Does every string embody All Representations of Thought? Do A.R.T. Strings link everything from tranquility to terror? Perhaps life is only one pattern nature represents in infinite ways with all strings attached." Todd Siler founded Psi-Phi Communications, LLC in 1993, a Denver-based company that creates and develops innovative, multi-purpose learning tools for education and business, such as the Think Like a Genius Program for Lifelong Learning. He is the author of "Think like a Genius" (Bantam Books), "Breaking the Mind Barrier" (Simon and Schuster), as well as scientific concept articles including "Fractal Reactor: A New Geometry for Plasma Fusion" published in the Proceedings of the Third Symposium on Current Trends in International Fusion (NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Canada, 2003). Public collections of his work include the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, the Pushkin Fine Arts Museum in Moscow, and The Israel Museum in Jerusalem. He was a Forum Fellow at the 1999 and 2001 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and is a member of the International Advisory Board of the World Knowledge Forum in Seoul, Korea. Siler holds a number of patents on a wide range of inventions, including textile printing technology and a computer-graphics input device. ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS (Selected) 2004 "A.R.T.Strings," Boulder Museum of Contemporary Arts, Boulder, Colorado (September 10 January 3, 2005) 2000"Metaphorming Life: Adventures in Thinking, Imagination and Innovation," Museum of Outdoor Arts, featured exhibit at the grand opening of the Englewood City Center, Englewood, CO, June - December 1997 "Changing Minds," Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY, featuring an original musical composition and performance by jazz pioneer Ornette Coleman and his group, Harmolodics, November 22 - December 20 (videotape) 1995"Mind Icons & Metaphorms," The Allen Center, Houston, Texas, January 4 - April "Metaphorming Worlds," Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, January 28 -- March 19 1994 "Artscience," Crossman Gallery, Center of the Arts, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, November 3 - 28 1993"Metaphorming Minds," The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, May 2 - June 2 (catalogue) 1991 "Humanature - A Turbulent Integration," Museum of Modern Art, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, April 16 - May 30 "The Gravity of AmBIGuity," Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut, March 8 - April 14 1990"Metaphorming Minds: Journeys Into Thought Processes," Boston Center for the Arts, Cyclorama Building, Boston, Massachusetts, November 29 - January 30 (videotape) 1988 "Metaphorms: Forms of Metaphor," The New York Academy of Sciences, New York, NY (September 28 - November 28) and The Chicago Academy of Sciences, Chicago,December 16, 1988 - March 19, 1989 (catalogue 1987"The Art of Thought," Centre Saidye Bronfman, Montreal, Quebec, July 21 - August 20 (catalogue) 1985"Forms of Mind," Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, March 4 - April 19 1983"Insights and Explorations," M.I.T. Museum's Margaret H. Compton Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 6 - December 16 (catalogue) Bio Sourced from the Archives of AskArt.

Creator:

Todd Siler (1953, American)

Creation Year:

c. 20th Century

Dimensions:

Height: 31 in (78.74 cm)Width: 25 in (63.5 cm)

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Medium:

Paper,Pen

Movement & Style:

Contemporary