Art of the 1980s: As If the Digital Mattered

by Patrick Frank

Overview

Who are the important artists of the 1980s? This book urges a new look at that question in light of the digital direction of our culture since then. Specifically, five artists used advanced technology during that decade in ways that foreshadow many of today’s concerns. Joseph Nechvatal created expressive digital images, and then infected them with computer viruses. Lynn Hershman Leeson created the first interactive work for videodisk, creating a bridge between art and gaming. Nancy Burson foresaw multicultural America when she digitally blended photographs of diverse persons. George Legrady was among the first artists to digitally manipulate news images and offer the results as art. Gretchen Bender’s use of digital imagery in her work has never been adequately discussed. If the digital matters, then these artists should also matter.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783111384634
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	07/17/2024
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.45(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Patrick Frank, Verfasser zahlreicher Bücher zu digitaler Kunstgeschichte und moderner Kunst Lateinamerikas. Zu den jüngsten Publikationen zählen Sharing Code: Art1, Frederick Hammersley, and the Dawn of Computer Art and Painting in a State of Exception: New Figuration in Argentina, 1960-65. Er erhielt seinen Ph. D. an der George Washington University in Washington, DC; lebt in Venice, Kalifornien.

Patrick Frank, author of several books on digital art history and Latin American modern art. Recent titles include Sharing Code: Art1, Frederick Hammersley, and the Dawn of Computer Art and Painting in a State of Exception: New Figuration in Argentina, 1960-65. He earned his Ph.D. degree at George Washington University in Washington, DC, and lives in Venice, California.