Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 2: Modern Era (1850–1949)
1946
Luminous Structures by Gyula Kosice
The earliest attempt to use neon light as the principal material in a sculpture. Neon art was foundational in the development of lumino-kinetic art and, therefore, electronic art.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
Sources
People
Movements
Lumino-Kinetic Art
Filed under
- Ideas
- light art, Lumino-Kinetic Art, sculpture
- Technologies
- kinetic art, neon
- People
- Gyula Kosice
- Works
- Electronic Art, Luminous Structures
Echoes across time
- 1963 · Thomas Wilfred, Lumia Suite, Opus 158
- 1966 · Kunst-Licht-Kunst Artificial Light Exhibition
- 1991 · Les Artistes et la lumiere, exhibition held in Rheims
Le Random editorials
- Ten Moments in South American Generative Art History, Peter Bauman, November 15, 2023
- Concrete to Generative: “Real Space” Explorations in South America, Virginia Valenzuela, October 24, 2023
Le Random podcast
- Timeline Ch 2—Modern Era with Kate Vass — listen with transcript on Le Random (20 Jul 2023, 58 min). Chapter 2’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify