(🚨) A 30-second summary about a legendary computer generative artist, Mark Wilson, a Thread: 👀👇🧵⬇️
Mark Wilson was born in 1943 in Oregon. He started using computers in 1980 and started to learn and invent his procedures to create computer generative art. His first computer was a Texas Instruments 99/4a
In 1985 he wrote a classic book revered by many creative coders to this day; it's called "Drawing with computers."
Mark Wilson's work is displayed in numerous museums such as Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, the Museum der Stadt Gladbeck, Portland Art Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Mark Wilson key influences were Kandinsky, Mondrian, Charles Sheeler, Gerald Murphy, Archigram, Eduardo Paolozzi, and Experiments in Art and Technology—at MOMA
When he started to use a plotter, Mark Wilson worked in a 3-dimensional space thanks to the "skew" command allowing him to transcend flat surfaces.
"e16002"
2010, digital image, edition of five
dimensions variable, typically 24 by 24 inches (61 by 61 cm.) on rag paper.
Mark Wilson,"1E90", 1990 plotter drawing
36 x 48 inches (91 x 121 cm.), pigmented ink on paper. Private collection.
This drawing mapped pixels onto a helical surface
Mark Wilson,"Skew F10", 1985 plotter drawing
22 x 22 inches (56 x 56 cm.), pigmented ink on paper. Collection of Robert and Florence Fogelin.
Mark Wilson,"4E92", 1992 plotter drawing
36 x 48 inches (91 x 122 cm.), pigmented ink on paper. Collection of the artist.
Mark Wilson, "m1250", 2021 archival ink jet print.
Size variable, typically 24 x 24 inches (61 x 61 cm.). Edition of 5.
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