Lot
2480
Stuttgart 1938 – lives in Bremen
Zufälliger Polygonzug. 1965
Estimate:
EUR 3,000
- 4,000
Sold for:
2,500 EUR (incl. premium)
Online Only 2021/2022
Contemporary Online Only, 6.-15.5.22, Sunday, 15.05.2022
Frieder Nake is a pioneer of computer art. In 1963, just two years before the drawings offered here were created, Nake began his first artistic works on the Graphomat Zuse Z64, Konrad Zuse's drawing machine. As a result of algorithms precisely programmed by the artist, drawings such as the "Zufälliger Polygonzug" and the "Kreisstörungen" were created. The theoretical basis of Nake's early works, and of computer art in general, was laid by Max Bense, who coined the term "generative aesthetics" for it. In 1965, Nake was part of only the third exhibition of computer art worldwide, at the Wendelin Niedlich Gallery in Stuttgart..
Private Collection, Berlin
