Manfred Mohr’s First Solo Museum Exhibition of Computer-Generated Art

Mohr’s show, Computer Graphics—Une Esthétique Programmée, was held at the ARC, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, curated by Pierre Gaudibert. According to Margit Rosen, Mohr “made history with the solo exhibition.” Mohr describes the show himself: “I showed 20+ drawings, demonstrated some of the drawings on a large Benson high-resolution flatbed plotter (installed by the company), and hung a large white panel, a sort of guest book, asking what the visitors thought about art and the computer. This banner has become a survey of opinions of the time (on permanent loan at ZKM, Karlsruhe). Though I made hundreds of drawings at that time, the show and catalog emphasised the different algorithms that I wrote and not the multitude of drawings I made from each algorithm.” Image is copyrighted by The Artist and courtesy of The Anne and Michael Spalter Digital Art Collection.