Georg Nees, Computergrafik Computerplastik (Computer Graphics Computer Sculpture) Portfolio

Artwork · Europe

This portfolio of lithographs based on Nees’s plotted and sculptural work from the ’60s were based on the Information Aesthetics of Max Bense, whom Nees studied under at the University of Stuttgart. Image is copyrighted by The Artist and courtesy of The Anne and Michael Spalter Digital Art Collection.

Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.

Sources

spalterdigital.com

People

Georg Nees, Max Bense

Movements

computer art, generative art, information aesthetics

Filed under

Ideas: generative art, sculpture
Technologies: computer art, computer graphics, lithography, Plotter Art
People: Georg Nees, Max Bense
Works: Computergrafik Computerplastik
Exhibitions: Information
Organisations: Spalter Digital, University of Stuttgart
Places: Stuttgart

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