Harold Cohen Exhibits AARON at the Stedelijk Museum

Now referred to as his “turtle,” AARON was showcased in a one-person show at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam across 1977 and 1978. At the exhibition the turtle would roam around drawing while viewers could see finished pieces on display such as the Amsterdam Suite, prints from which are now in the Victoria and Albert Museum. AARON was only capable of drawing in black and white at this time. Cohen would hand paint AARON drawings later in the 1980s. This exhibition also serves as an exception to the general disregard shown to computer art by the mainstream art world in this decade.