Mentored by Marcel Duchamp, the artists Arakawa and Gins created a masterpiece of diagrammatic art: The Mechanism of Meaning. This post explores their "playful physics," a series of 80 large-scale panels that use Zen koans, philosophical puzzles, and diagrams to make us "think through the eyes."

Swiss artist Yves Netzhammer creates a universe of "Concave Thoughts." Using the cold, precise language of computer-generated diagrams, he explores the messy inner world of human emotion, creating an empathic link with the viewer through the archetypal gestures of his featureless, mannequin-like figures.

Can a drawing be a haiku? This post explores Clouds, Glands, Tributaries, a work that juxtaposes scientific diagrams of storm clouds, eyelid glands, and river systems. It's a "visual haiku" that uses the "power of disproportion" to unlock a subjective and poetic meditation on water.

Sol LeWitt famously said, "The idea becomes a machine that makes the art." This post explores the core of his conceptual practice, from his iconic wall drawings to his Location series, where absurdly complex sentences are used to describe simple shapes, revealing the paradox of his "Romantic-Objective" approach.

Long before modern science, alchemists used intricate diagrams to map the secrets of the cosmos and the soul. We explore the history of these symbolic images, their adoption by figures like Isaac Newton, and their surprising connection to the psychological theories of C.G. Jung.

Since 1986, artist Mark Manders has been creating a 'self-portrait as a building,' treating his entire body of work as a single, evolving architectural space. We explore how he uses the diagram as a tool to organize his thoughts, creating laboratory-like sculptures that blend subjective poetry with objective science.