Barbara Nessim: Face #111 from Face Series
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Artist(s):
Title:
- Face #111 from Face Series
Exhibition:
- SIGGRAPH 1998: Touchware
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More artworks from SIGGRAPH 1998:
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Creation Year:
- 1982
Medium:
- Computer Image
Size:
- 20" x 24"
Category:
Artist Statement:
Beginnings and Now
At first, I was fascinated by the idea that a computer could be used as a tool to create art. As I quickly learned the many aspects and power of this machine, I started to focus on the computer’s specific attributes. These attributes, such as a database, answered some of my long term “what-if” art goals and inspired me to explore. That was in 1980.
One of those “what-if” wishes was to show the hundreds of line drawings tucked away in 71, completed-to-date, visual journals. Creating an ongoing database of the many drawings in these visual journals parallels the growing population.
Communication among people, diverse and alike, are at the root of my work. With migration, immigration, integration, and population growth increasing daily, understanding among people of the same and diverse backgrounds becomes paramount. Placing drawings under different transparent national flags puts them in a global context.
The two examples shown span two decades of digital work. The patterned face was created around 1982 on a Norpak IPS 2 computer, the first computer I used and the one learned on. The Iris print, Tic Tac Toe, is from my American Favorites series. This drawing from my journals is incorporated with a ghost of the American Flag.
All Works by the Artist(s) in This Archive:
- Barbara Nessim
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Veiled Egg
[SIGGRAPH 1994] -
Common Sense in Short Supply
[SIGGRAPH 1995] -
Seeking Monumental Status
[SIGGRAPH 1995] -
Diana 1
[SIGGRAPH 1986] -
Random Access Memories 400
[SIGGRAPH 1992] -
Under Wraps
[SIGGRAPH 1990] -
Thoughts of the Moon
[SIGGRAPH 1989] -
Face #111 from Face Series
[SIGGRAPH 1998] -
Tic Tac Toe from American Favorite Serie...
[SIGGRAPH 1998] -
The Gift
[SIGGRAPH 1987] -
Two Shadows Outside Two Women
[SIGGRAPH 1985] -
Staircase of Men
[SIGGRAPH 1985] -
German Lives
[SIGGRAPH 1988] -
French Lives
[SIGGRAPH 1988] -
American Lives
[SIGGRAPH 1988] -
Untitled
[SIGGRAPH 1986] -
Random Access Memories
[SIGGRAPH 1991] -
Retrospective of Female Digital Art Pion...
[SIGGRAPH 2023]