Pathway Series, Bird 2
Drawing
1990 (made)
1990 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Roman Verostko (born 1929 USA) was one of the earliest artists experimenting with algorithmic art - work created using an algorithm or set of instructions written by the artist - and has been a key figure in its development. He was a member of the ‘The Algorists’, a term coined in 1995 to describe a set of artists, who, since the 1960s and 1970s, had been working with a shared interest in the use of bespoke software for generating art using the computer.
Verostko was one of the first artists to incorporate brush work in his computer-generated drawings, adapting a pen plotter to hold a Chinese brush. This example includes a single plotter-driven brushstroke that uses the same 'gesture' as the numerous smaller pen and ink lines behind it. The three carefully placed rectangular shapes were also created by the pen plotter.
Verostko was one of the first artists to incorporate brush work in his computer-generated drawings, adapting a pen plotter to hold a Chinese brush. This example includes a single plotter-driven brushstroke that uses the same 'gesture' as the numerous smaller pen and ink lines behind it. The three carefully placed rectangular shapes were also created by the pen plotter.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Pathway Series, Bird 2 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Multi-pen plotter drawing with brush |
| Brief description | Multi-pen plotter drawing with brush, 'Pathway Series, Bird 2' by Roman Verostko, 1990. |
| Physical description | Multi-pen plotter drawing with brush on paper. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Roman '90' (In pencil in lower right side. Artist's signature and date.) |
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| Credit line | Given anonymously |
| Summary | Roman Verostko (born 1929 USA) was one of the earliest artists experimenting with algorithmic art - work created using an algorithm or set of instructions written by the artist - and has been a key figure in its development. He was a member of the ‘The Algorists’, a term coined in 1995 to describe a set of artists, who, since the 1960s and 1970s, had been working with a shared interest in the use of bespoke software for generating art using the computer. Verostko was one of the first artists to incorporate brush work in his computer-generated drawings, adapting a pen plotter to hold a Chinese brush. This example includes a single plotter-driven brushstroke that uses the same 'gesture' as the numerous smaller pen and ink lines behind it. The three carefully placed rectangular shapes were also created by the pen plotter. |
| Bibliographic reference | Beddard, H. and Douglas Dodds. Digital Pioneers (V&A Pattern). London: V&A Publishing, 2009. 37 p., ill. ISBN 1851775870 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.943-2008 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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