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Alastair Mack is a printmaker who lives and works in Edinburgh. After working for 12 years as a lab technician went on to study at Edinburgh College of Art as a mature student and has since exhibited widely, not only across Scotland but also in France, the Netherlands, Finland, Denmark, Canada and the USA. The artist says about this work: ''Investigations into the Speed of Light #4' began as a study for a monochrome wall-piece for a music room. This work is a final part of a suite of prints influenced by American minimal music or repetitive music of La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich and Philip Glass (and parallels the work of the artists, Barnett Newman, Ellsworth Kelly and Donald Judd). The title refers to Einstein’s conclusion that 'the speed of light is constant, in a vacuum', but that objects can slow down the speed of light; increase the speed of light; jam the light; produce multiple images; produce multiple images and create optical distortions.
NHS Lothian Charity – Tonic Collection
Edinburgh
Title
Investigations into the Speed of Light #4
Date
2004
Medium
digital print
Measurements
H 43 x W 103 cm
Accession number
2694
Acquisition method
acquired, 2016
Work type
