Intersections

A Public Art Exhibition

Illustration of a DNA molecule with colorful lines and letters, overlaid with the orange text 'INTERSECTIONS'.
A smiling middle-aged man with gray hair and a beard, wearing a gray blazer and black turtleneck, against a dark background.

David Reimann

David Reimann shares his lifelong love of mathematics through his visual art. Mathematical elements such as symmetry, geometry, and number are common themes in his work, used to create patterns that convey messages on multiple levels and scales. 

David provided original cover art for Mathematics Magazine, a publication of the Mathematical Association of America, from 2015 through 2020. At the 2022 JMM, Reimann’s work Septenary Circles won “Outstanding photograph, painting or print.” His recent solo exhibitions include “Math to the Power of Art,” (Albion College’s Bobbitt Visual Arts Center, Albion, Michigan, 2024) and “Pi and Other Delights” (National Museum of Mathematics, New York, 2023). 

He is a Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Albion College where, in addition to teaching standard courses in mathematics and computer science, he has also taught courses on mathematical art. This year he is the Visiting Professor for Public Outreach at the National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) in New York.

Artwork

A geometric polyhedron made of wooden sticks labeled with subjects like Mathematics and Chinese, forming a dodecahedron shape.

Mathematics is Universal

Wood (with paint, plastic, metal)
23" x 23" x 23"

This piece features the word "mathematics" written in thirty different languages along the edges of a dodecahedral form.  Each edge is a single piece of wood with painted letters and containing a small decorative bead. The edges are attached with metal screws to a 3D printed plastic component. The dodecahedral form echoes the Platonic association of the dodecahedron with the cosmos. The tension arising from the diversity of languages depicted is balanced by the harmony of the simple geometric form. Mathematics allows diverse people to connect by transcending race, ethnicity, and nationality. Mathematics is universal. 

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