Week 8: Nanotechnology & Art

Previous to this blog post, I have been typically discussing how art is within Biotech for example, or the other topics we have been discussing. This time I am going to write about how art can be made from Nanotechnology, or significantly improved in small ways.


Nanotech is a branch of technology that works with dimensions smaller than 100 nanometers, as well as the manipulation of atoms or other molecules. It has impacted several different fields and redirected ways of thinking in those areas. Nanoparticles are even in our food, soap, and other objects you would never have even thought that small about. In an article by Sustainable Nano, they discuss "oil-in-water nanodroplets" being used to "remove dirt and grime from wall and easel paintings", therefore preserving them in their beautiful original state. This is an example of art conservation, which applies to this weeks concept with nanotech and art. This process was used in the Brancacci Chapel in Florence, Italy, which restored its original color, rather than being faded from the dirt. 

Artists have come to the notion that they could be using nanoparticles in their art, but it has only just come about more recently since these particles are microscopic. In a blog with the New York Times, the 51-year-old artist, Cris Orfescu, has goals and aspirations for his paintings, "but the molecular landscapes of various materials, where features are measured in nanometers, became a preoccupation in recent years and the jumping off point for his art." He now calls his art "nanoart." This furthermore supports nanotech recreating art in a better way. 


Nanotech is something I have not heard much about until today. It is something that is in objects, food, and other items that we don't even know about. Thinking this small has allowed artists to create better art, and work with something new. While color is known to affect a person and their mood or be the central part of a piece of art, nanotech has been able to assist in that field more than ever. One of the most notable things about nanotech is that it is in an abundance of things. It is most likely within the material of the shirt you are even wearing right now.








Works Cited

Editor, Art Treehouse. “Nanotechnology and Art- Should We Know About It?” The Art Treehouse, 2019, arttreehouse.com/artstore/nanotechnology-and-art-should-we-know-about-it/.

Feder, Barnaby J. “The Art of Nanotech.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 25 Jan. 2008, bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/the-art-of-nanotech/.

O'Brien, Nathan. “Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials; Where Science Meets Art.” Nano News, 18 Apr. 2017, blogs.flinders.edu.au/nano-news/2017/04/18/nanotechnology-and-nanomaterials-where-science-meets-art/.

Online, UC. “Nanotech Jim pt1.” YouTube, YouTube, 21 May 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7jM6-iqzzE.

Pramanik, Sunipa. “Art Conservation and Nanotechnology: A Wonderful Confluence of Arts and Sciences.” Sustainable Nano, 12 May 2017, sustainable-nano.com/2017/05/12/art-conservation-and-nanotechnology/.



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