In his Art meets science concept, Michael Buckler (Germany) creates intersections between these two disciplines, using thin sections of meteorite as 'metaphoric materials'.
In his painting 'Tuxtuac Over Lilienthal' (2007, pigments on canvas, 210 x 157 cm), Buckler combines precisely transferred structures (using digital microscopy and CAD-cut masks) of a thin section (made on his state-of-the art Struers equipment) of the Tuxtuac meteorite (Ordinary Chondrite, Typ LL5) and a subtly painted part of a sentence of an NASA/Apollo air-to-ground communication and a picturesquely cited Otto Lilienthal (based on photography from 1896). Mythology becomes reality...
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