Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 2: Modern Era (1850–1949)

1922

K VII by László Moholy-Nagy

Artwork · Europe

K VII: black, gray and pale cream rectangles overlap horizontal bands on an off-white ground, intersected by a thin red vertical line.
László Moholy-Nagy, K VII (1922). Oil paint and graphite on canvas. Tate, purchased 1961 (T00432). Image source: Tate. Image source.

Characterized by ordered, geometric forms, the work was completed one year before Moholy-Nagy began teaching at the Bauhaus. “Moholy-Nagy’s appointment signalled a major shift in the school’s philosophy away from its earlier crafts ethos towards a closer alignment with the demands of modern industry, and a programme of simple design and unadorned functionalism.”

Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random.

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