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Science is beautiful

Works in ‘Intersections’ at Rehovot’s Weizmann Institute explore a wide gamut of phenomena, from chromosomes to cosmology.

Sharon Kanon
Photo by: Sharon Kanon
Represented as art, the HIV virus is a crystal-like configuration that sparkles as it catches the light. Equally beautiful is an extraordinary glass sculpture of swine flu. Artist Luke Jerram’s jewel-like glass works are testimony to the successful meeting of science and art. Working in consultation with virologists at Bristol University, the artist’s “glass microbiology sculptures” have appeared on the cover of Nature magazine and the British medical journal The Lancet.

Jerram’s sculptures will catch your eye at the beginning of a fascinating exhibition entitled “Intersections: Science in Contemporary Art” at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot. The exhibition adorns the new David Lopatie Conference Center.

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