Joseph NECHVATAL in Art of the 1980’s. July 17th De Gruyter publication of Art of the 1980s: As If the Digital Mattered by art historian Patrick Frank. Who are the important artists of the 1980s? This book urges a new look at that question in light of the digital direction of our culture since then. Specifically, 5 artists used advanced technology during that decade in ways that foreshadow many of today’s concerns. Joseph NECHVATAL, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Nancy Burson, George Legrady, Gretchen Bender.
Joseph NECHVATAL in Art of the 1980’s : As If the Digital Mattered by art historian Patrick Frank, published by De Gruyter. Who were the important artists of the 1980s? This book reconsiders this question in the light of the digital orientation of our culture since that time. Specifically, 5 artists used cutting-edge technologies during this decade in ways that prefigured many of today’s concerns: Joseph NECHVATAL, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Nancy Burson, George Legrady, Gretchen Bender. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
