David Hockney, OM, CH, RA (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draftsman, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer. As an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century.[2][3] Hockney has owned a home and studio in Bridlington and London, and two residences in California, where he […]
Working under the alias Desire Obtain Cherish (D.O.C.), Jonathan Paul emerged as a street artist in the early 2000s. Merging street, pop, conceptual, and appropriation art, D.O.C.’s cast resin sculptures are marked by a subversive edge, satirizing status symbols and revealing a commerce-driven social conscience. A stint at an advertising agency helped D.O.C. understand the […]
Desmond Paul Henry (1921-2004) ranks among one of the few early British pioneers of Computer Art/Graphics of the 1960’s. During this period he constructed a total of three electromechanical drawing machines (in 1960, ’63 and ’67) based around the components of analogue bomb-sight computers. Henry’s second drawing machine and its effects were included in the […]
When you hear the word blockchain, it’s implied that you are talking about the “main net” where transactions have real monetary value. But there is a “test net” blockchain where developers can program and test their code before it goes live called Rinkeby. It doesn’t use Proof of Work calculations, and operates by what’s known […]
Eduardo Kac is internationally recognized for his telepresence and bio art. A pioneer of telecommunications art in the pre-Web ’80s, Eduardo Kac (pronounced “Katz”) emerged in the early ’90s with his radical works combining telerobotics and living organisms. His visionary integration of robotics, biology and networking explores the fluidity of subject positions in the post-digital […]
Edward Zajec was among the pioneers in the 1960s, and more recently is professor of computer graphics at the School of Art and Design at Syracuse University. His focus has been real-time artworks originating in his paintings, which used repetition and redundancy, then developed with the use of computers from 1968. While his films have […]
Elizabeth White is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, most recently in “The Balloon” at Rawson Projects, curated by Jessamyn Fiore. Other recent exhibitions include “A Map is Not the Territory” at FiveMyles, Brooklyn, the fourth annual Artisterium International Contemporary Art Exhibition in Tbilisi, Georgia, “No Soul For Sale” at the […]
Emil William Capper Nava (born 29 March 1985)[1] is a British music video director.[2] After leaving school at 16, Emil started his career as a chef. He shot to fame after directing Jessie J’s song “Do It Like A Dude“.[3] He has since directed over 100 music videos for global musicians such as Jessie J, LunchMoney Lewis, Calvin Harris, Jennifer Lopez, Ellie Goulding, Rita Ora, Alesso, Juicy J, Ed Sheeran, Zara Larsson, PrettyMuch, Nick […]
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Frederick Hammersley (January 5, 1919 – May 31, 2009)[1] was an American abstract painter. His participation in the 1959 Four Abstract Classicists exhibit secured his place in art history. Frederick Hammersley was born in Salt Lake City, Utah.[2] His father, a Department of the Interior employee, moved the family to Blackfoot, Idaho[3] and eventually to San Francisco, where the young Hammersley first took art lessons.[1] His studies later […]
