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Palazzo
Rosso,
Via Garibaldi, 8, Genoa
October 28 — November 28, 2004
"Flowers" by Katinka
Matson
 (From
the program of Festival Della Scienza:) "Katinka
Matson is an American artist who has been using technology
to
intricately
study our
relationship with nature and the world, and to adapt
our perception to the ever-changing reality around
us.
"Thanks to the use of the CCD flatbed scanner invented
in 1975 by Ray Kurzweil, Matson's works feature not
only petals, stalks, and pistils, but also the rhythm
and depth that these natural elements can express if
set in certain positions, revealing a surprising reality.
The main difference between Katinka's technique and
standard photography lies in the way the subjects are
illuminated and in the shadow cast around them, as both
light and shadow contribute to drawing details and colors
in a vivid way.
"Through her technique, Katinka succeeds in giving
us the vivid sensation of being immersed in a lush,
fascinating garden."
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November 26, 2004
Calendar
(Europe's Guide to Leisure & Arts Activity): AMSTERDAM:
Van Gogh; BILBOA: Raphael, Michelangelo, da Vinci,
FLORENCE: Michelangelo; FRANKFURT: Rembrandt, Gaugin,
Degas, Munch; GENOA: Matson; WARSAW: Kandinsky, Chagall.
GENOA / Art / 'Katinka Matson: Flowers' features incredibly
lifelike images of lilies and tulips, with every drop
of dew and grain of pollen magnified. The works by
the American artist aren't photographs, but were created
by placing cut flowers on an ordinary office scanner
and printing high-resolution images.
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25.novembre.2004
The
quality of the images leaves you dazed. Every single
particular is glorified on giant prints of incredible
clarity and brilliant color. The observer's attention
is immediately enraptured by the particulars of these
flowers rather than in the entirety of the images.
[continue...]
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November 5, 2004
I
was struck by the formal quality of the images and
I was intrigued by all the implicit connections among
the art and sciences that her work is based upon.
Katinka's works are reminiscent of the works of Mapplethorpe
or of Georgia O'Keeffe. [continue...]
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November 4, 2004
One
of the highlights of the festival is the first European
exhibition of Katinka Matson, an artist working within
the digital aesthetic, whose work is attracting attention
and praise in the United States. [continue...]
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pret-a-porter
spring_summer 2005
no. 103 (November 2004)
Not
painted, nor photographed with a digital camera, but
simply marvellous. The American artist Katinka Matson
uses new technology to create images of suchnatural
beauty that they instill the observer with new perceptions...[continue...]
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October
30, 2004
Thus
she manages to create images, with a procedure similar
to some extent to Man Ray's gamma rays. In her glossy
color "xerox copies" we admire sensuously
shaped, almost erotic tulips, peonies and lilies that
are reminiscent of Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings.
[continue...]
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October
28, 2004
One
of the creations of the artist American Katinka Matson:
the naturalistic photos of petals, flowers, steles,
fungi and other "objects" are exhibited
at the Festival. [continue...]
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October
17, .2004
Twelve
days dedicated to the pleasures of knowledge and creativity...Scientific
research has nothing static about it; it is based
on, and for, continuous change, the constant proposal
of concepts and paradigms. [continue...]
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