Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 6: Personal Computer Era (1980s)

1988

Other Major 1988 Publications

Publication · Women Artists

The front cover of The Art of David Em: 100 Computer Paintings, the fourth title in the Timeline's list of 1988 publications, showing a mirrored computer-painted landscape by David Em.
The front cover of The Art of David Em: 100 Computer Paintings, the fourth title in the Timeline's list of 1988 publications, showing a mirrored computer-painted landscape by David Em. Cover of David Ross, The Art of David Em: 100 Computer Paintings (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1988). Internet Archive.

Publications for the year, as always curated by Copper Giloth and Lynn Pocock-Williams: 1. Timothy Binkley, “Camera Fantasia.” 2. Christopher Burnett, “Computers and Art in the Age of the World Picture.” 3. Timothy Druckrey, “User Friendly?” 4. David Ross, The Art of David Em: 100 Computer Paintings. 5. Wim Van Der Plas, ed., Electronic Art

Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.

Sources

People

Christopher Burnett, Copper Giloth, David A. Ross, David Em, Lynn Pocock-Williams, Timothy Binkley, Timothy Druckrey, Wim van der Plas

Movements

computer art

Filed under

Technologies
computer art
People
Christopher Burnett, Copper Giloth, David A. Ross, David Em, Lynn Pocock-Williams, Timothy Binkley, Timothy Druckrey, Wim van der Plas
Works
Camera Fantasia, Computers and Art, Computers and Art in the Age of the World Picture, David, Electronic Art, The Art of David Em: 100 Computer Paintings, User Friendly?

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