WHAT do artists and scientists have in common?

That’s the question the Artists Society of Canberra is both posing and answering in the latest exhibition from the society’s Abstract and Experimental Group, formed after the society  obtained  a regular home in the M16 complex at Griffith.

Privately they know the answer, because some of their members are both artists and scientists, but it’s a good excuse for a show that tells us how they both “need to be observant”.

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“Looking closely” is the apt title of the group’s newest exhibition at CSIRO Discovery.

The works, group member Joan Costanzo told “CityNews”, may seem rather abstract at first, but may be a viewer will be able to identify which works are exploring shells, seed pods, bone cells, lichen and fungi, corals, DNA, trails and water greeblies.

The show highlights a wide range of styles and techniques from such artists as Peter Wyrdeman, Arlene Williams, Patricia Wheatstone, Peggy Spratt, Jacquie Rogers, Elizabeth Rogers, Jeevan Khurana, Costanzo, Sue Cook and Rosemary von Behrens.  There’s nothing clinical about this show – it’s all life and colour.

“Looking Closely” at CSIRO Discovery until June 13, 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday, and 11am to 3pm Saturday and Sunday.