Flies
- Object:
Print
- Place of origin:
United States of America (made)
- Date:
1967 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Csuri, Charles , born 1922 (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Screenprint on paper
- Credit Line:
Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Patric Prince
- Museum number:
E.959-2008
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case MB2E, shelf DR51
Charles Csuri scanned a hand-drawn image of a horse fly into the computer. He then replicated it using a random number generator that determined the size, orientation and location of each fly. Csuri trained in both fine art and engineering, and was one of the first pioneers to work with recognisable subject matter rather than abstract geometric imagery.
