Sunday, April 17, 2011

Harold Cohen

Harold Cohen studied painting in London at the Slade School of Fine Arts in 1968. He then moved to San Diego and became interested in computer programming. Since the 1970's he immersed himself in artificial intelligence and became absorbed with simulation and machines. His work medium involved robotic art, computer software and visual arts.
The software painting I have displayed consists of his earlier art work. I really like the definitive lines of the figure he has drawn and the way he was able to draw the human form so well through earlier versions of computer art software.

Tony Oursler

  Tony Oursler received his Bachelor of Arts from the California Institute for Fine Arts.  His work is influenced greatly from his connections with his family, catholic upbringing, and his generation of television, MTV.  He uses projections of the human face onto non-living objects for example, sculptures and dolls. .  Mr Oursler is considered one of the top outstanding video creators of this decade. He also was one of the first recognized video installation of artist in 1977-1989.  This is when he created handmade video tapes of The Loner 1980 and EVOL-1984, also he has worked with LED lights as the main medium in other artistic installations exhibited for instance,The Watching.