The exhibition “Vera Molnar and Friends” honors the grand dame of computer art, who unfortunately died shortly before her 100th birthday. The exhibition was made possible through a cooperation with Dagmar Weste from youngcollectors.
The group exhibition 99 + 1 / Vera Molnar and friends honors the grande dame of constructive-concrete art and pioneer of computer art on her upcoming 100th birthday on January 5, 2024 with an exhibition in the company of friends and companions. – A new edition by the artist, created for this occasion, will also be presented.
In addition to our normal opening hours, Dagmar Weste from youngcollectors will be present on Tuesday + Thursday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. and will guide you through the exhibition.
The Budapest-born artist has lived in Paris since 1947. At the beginning of her artistic career, she was primarily concerned with geometric-constructive painting and primarily used dots and squares, the latter of which have now become her trademark. The first computer-generated works began in 1968 and together with her husband, François Molnar, she developed the program MolnArt.
To really process my research series systematically, I first used a technique I called “machine imaginaire.” I imagined I had a computer. I designed a program and then, step by step, I realized simple, limited series that were self-contained and did not leave out a single combination of forms.
Vera Molnar
(quoted from: Barbara Nierhoff-Wielk: Vera Molnar. Promenades en carré. Hrsg.: Museum Ritter. Das Wunderhorn, Heidelberg 2020, ISBN 978-3-88423-644-4, Vera Molnar und der Computer – von der “machine imaginaire” zur “machine reelle”, S. 12.)
The exhibition was created on the initiative of and in cooperation with Dagmar Weste from youngcollectors, who have had a professional and friendly relationship with the artist for many years.
As accompanying works, editions will be shown by the following artists: Hellmut Bruch / Christoph Dahlhausen / Doris Erbacher / Árpád Forgó / István Haász / Laszlo Horvath / Gisela Hoffmann / Noel Ivanoff / Ditty Ketting / Dóra Maurer / Molitor&Kuzmin / Dario Pérez-Flores / Vera Röhm / Regine Schumann / André Stempfel, all of which were published by youngcollectors.
Some of these artists are friends with the jubilarian, and some have works that are closely related to the work of Vera Molnar.
