artists
Some artists of interest to neuroesthetics
Nathan Cohen
London-born artist, Nathan Cohen, examines optical and cerebral interaction. His work is inspired by a wide range of architecture and crafts, including Japanese tea houses, colourful Navajo Indian rugs, the pottery of the American South West and Italian mosaics. These seemingly disparate influences are united by a common theme: each uses precise lines and dynamic interaction between shape and space to both emotionally and visually engage the viewer.
Patrick Hughes
Exhibiting with Angela Flowers Gallery since its inception in 1970, Patrick Hughes' painted reliefs constantly baffle his audience, demonstrating how deceptive appearances can be. As we walk towards the seemingly flat paintings they loom out at us, creating a disorientating, 'moving' experience. The preconceived assumptions of eye and brain are challenged, inevitably raising important questions about our perception and the subconscious.