Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 3: Analog Era (1950s)
1954
Ivan Serpa Founds The Grupo Frente
The Brazilian movement rejected strict adherence to the orthodoxy of purity, science, and math. Grupo Frente was interested in representing organic, nonfigurative forms. They promoted increased creative intuition in geometric abstraction. The movement was instrumental in the development of Concrete Art and geometric abstraction, particularly in Latin America.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
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People
Movements
concrete art, Geometric Abstraction, Latin American Constructivism
Filed under
- Ideas
- abstraction, concrete art, Geometric Abstraction, intuition
- People
- Ivan Serpa
- Organisations
- Grupo Frente
- Places
- Brazil, Latin America
Echoes across time
- 1970 · Generación Automática de Formas Plásticas Exhibition at the Centro de Cálculo of the University of Madrid
- 1973 · France Hosts International Computer Art Events
- 1982 · L’Art et l’ordinateur in Paris
Le Random editorials
- Concrete to Generative: “Real Space” Explorations in South America, Virginia Valenzuela, October 24, 2023
Le Random podcast
- Timeline Ch 3—Analog Era (1950s) with Georg Bak — listen with transcript on Le Random (10 Aug 2023, 65 min). Chapter 3’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify