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Manfred MOHR    
 

Biography

Artists statement

The computer became a physical and intellectual extension in the process of creating my art. I write computer algorithms i.e. rules that calculate and then generate the work which could not be realized in any other way. My artistic goal is reached when a finished work can dissociate itself from its logical content and stand convincingly as an independent abstract entity.

Further details are available on the Manfred MOHR Website at http://www.emohr.com/

 

Copyright information

This is an archive of the Digital Art Museum for historical reference.
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Born June 8 1938 Pforzheim (Germany)
Paris Studio 1963-1983
Lives and works in New York 1981-

 Manfred Mohr

1997
Elected member of the American Abstract Artists
Artists' Fellowship New York Foundation for the Arts

1994
First comprehensive monograph on Manfred Mohr published by Waser-Verlag, Z�rich

1991
Workphase: Laserglyphs, diagonal-paths through 6-D hypercube laser cut from steel plates

1990
Receives 'Golden Nica' at Prix Ars Electronica in Linz and 'Camille Graeser Prize' in Z�rich

1989
Extends work to the 5-D and 6-D hypercube
Rotation as well as projection as generators of signs

1987
Renews work on the 4-D hypercube.
Four-dimensional rotation as generator of signs

1982
Quasi-organic growth programs on the cube

1980
Workphase: Divisibility, dissection of cube

1977
Begins work on 4-D hypercube and graph-theory

1973
Receives awards at the World Print Competition-73, San Francisco, and the 10th Biennial in Ljubljana

1972
Sequencial computer drawings introduced
Beginning work on fixed structures: the cube

1971
Worlds first museum based exhibtion of computer generated art;
solo show of works by Manfred Mohr, Musee d'Art Modern, Paris (France)

1969
Publication of visual book 'Artificiata I'
First drawings with a computer

1968
First solo exhibition at Daniel Templon Gallery, Paris
Systematization of picture content

1965
Studies lithography at Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris
Geometric experiments lead to hard edge painting

1962
Begins exclusive use of black and white as means of visual and aesthetic expression

1961
Receives school prize (art) of the City of Pforzheim

1960
Action paintings

1957
Kunst + Werkschule, Pforzheim (gold- and silversmith, painting)
Jazz musician (tenor-sax, oboe)