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Keith Tyson: 'Nature is better at painting than I am'

By Jessica Griggs

30 September 2009

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Let nature do its work

(Image: Keith Tyson)

Gallery: ‘Nature is better at painting than I am’

WHEN it comes to art, letting nature take control can be a risky strategy, but guided by the visionary hand of Turner prize-winning artist Keith Tyson, the results are strikingly beautiful.

This image, called Nested, is part of Tyson’s “Nature” series now showing at the Parasol Unit gallery in London. While it looks organic, reminiscent of the patterns formed by dyes picking out tissues on a medical slide, this is purely coincidental. The title refers to the creative process rather than what…

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