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Art Through Science

21 September 2009

In the 1990’s the Russian conceptual artists Vitaly Komar and Alex Melamid attempted to develop perfectly ‘user-centred’ art by using data from quantitative surveys conducted in 14 countries to identify what elements constitute the perfect painting. With the help of the Nation Institute and a research business they used standard preference questions to create each country’s ‘most wanted’ and most unwanted’ paintings. They combined responses to questions such as ‘what is your favourite colour?’ and ‘Do you prefer geometric or random uneven patterns?’ to produce results that theoretically would be the epitome of what people wanted in art.

Here are some of the results

So there you have it. If you want to be a successful artist, be sure to include blue skies in all your paintings and you won’t go far wrong.

After all, the research said it so it must be true.

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