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Manfred Mohr, P-065a-large, 1970

Manfred Mohr

P-065a-large, 1970
Plotter drawing on paper
24 x 29.5 in
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Mohr's work is an important bridge between handmade manipulations and machine-calculated structures in art. His demonstrated interest in process, language and line texture are revealed in early abstract painted works,...
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Mohr's work is an important bridge between handmade manipulations and machine-calculated structures in art. His demonstrated interest in process, language and line texture are revealed in early abstract painted works, prior to his discovery of the computer as a tool for art. This particular drawing is part of Mohr's early algorithmic work phase (1969-72, following an interest in hard edge painting) which emphasized a "formalism" of the software medium: logical and automatic construction of pictures. Typical of his early algorithmic work, this piece links line to language, process and conceptual systems. Mohr calculated the image using a program that he authored in the FORTRAN language. With a choice of different line characteristics, an alphabet of randomly generated elements is created. The concept for this algorithm is to create a visual musical score which defies the progression in time by occasionally turning back on itsefl. Thus at the same time this introduces Mohr's idea of an abstract text or script.

 

For more information, or to purchase this artwork please contact VISU Contemporary at info@visugallery.com

 

Artwork courtesy of bitforms gallery NYC

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