Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 6: Personal Computer Era (1980s)
1989
Image World at the Whitney Museum of American Art

This influential exhibition, which is accompanied by essays by Marvin Heiferman, Lisa Phillips and John G. Hanhardt, captures the essence of the “Image World.” The exhibition’s diverse perspectives offer a comprehensive understanding of the dynamic relationship between art and media at a pivotal moment in cultural history, from Heiferman’s examination of media omnipresence to Phillips' exploration of art within evolving media landscapes and Hanhardt’s investigation into the role of film and video in the television era.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
Sources
People
John G. Hanhardt, Lisa Phillips, Marvin Heiferman
Movements
digital art
Filed under
- Ideas
- curation, digital art, film, image culture, Mass Media Art, video art
- Technologies
- television, video
- People
- John G. Hanhardt, Lisa Phillips, Marvin Heiferman
- Exhibitions
- Image World: Art and Media Culture
- Organisations
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Places
- New York
Echoes across time
- 1969 · TV as a Creative Medium, at the Howard Wise Gallery
- 1963 · Exposition of Music—Electronic Television Exhibition by Nam June Paik
- 1965 · “Electronic Art" Exhibition by Nam June Paik at Galeria Bonino (New York)