75 - Véra MOLNAR (1912–2022)

Véra MOLNAR (1912–2022) Structure of Quadrilaterals (orange), 1988 Plotter print on paper, in color Signed, dated, and inscribed “at the Rennes Electronic Arts Festival” in the lower right corner 29.7 x 42 cm Work listed in the artist’s catalog raisonné currently being prepared by Florent Paumelle, Vincent Baby, and Laurent Salomé, under the number 1988_PP26L_001 Véra Molnar was a pioneer of generative art, the first to use computer programming in the visual arts. As early as 1959, with her “imaginary machine,” and then in 1968 with the computer, she gave prominence to the line—with a predilection for the square—and subjected it to multiple variations through simple changes in parameters that allowed her to effectively translate her ideas.