BERLIN.- In the foreword to the book of the same name by Herbert W. Franke, published in 1984, he explains that it has not yet succeeded in penetrating the art market. At the same time, he also notes that the artists were not orientated towards financial success, as this was not to be expected, but were completely free to develop their own art. This was certainly an advantage and characterises most of the artists of the first 40 years, making them particularly valuable!

The exhibition uses this book as a basis, which brings together and briefly introduces most of the artists of this genre. We have been representing many of them for a long time, but we would like to introduce two more artists to you for the first time in this exhibition!

Robert Mallary, USA (1917 - 1997), was a sculptor and a pioneer of computer graphics. We are showing plotter drawings from the 1970s and 1980s for the first time in Germany.

He became internationally known for his computer-based sculpture Quad 1, which was presented as early as 1968 in the exhibition Cybernetic Serendipity in London. A version of this sculpture has been acquired by the Tate Modern and can currently be admired in London as part of the exhibition Electric Dreams (until 1 June 2025). His works are represented in major museums such as MoMA, New York, Whitney, New York, Victoria + Albert, London and Tate Modern, London.

G. F. Kammerer-Luka, Germany (1929 - 2023), who moved to France in 1963. His early computer graphics were created in the early 1970s. His work has been exhibited internationally and he is represented in the collection of the Kunsthalle Bremen. In 2004 he was awarded the Golden Plotter Prize of the Museum Gladbeck.

The other artists in the exhibition are each represented with works from this period.

Horst Bartnig (Germany), Peter Beyls (Belgium), Herbert W. Franke (Austria), Manfred Mohr (Germany), Vera Molnar (France) and Roger Vilder (Lebanon).