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Lillian Schwartz
A pioneer in the use of the computer in the arts. She
uses the computer to create works of art in graphics, film/video and special
effects, and in art analysis. Her work is in major art
collections around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, the
Whitney Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York,
and the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Georges Pompidou Center, and the
Grand Palais in Paris. MONALEO details, Hardware: Symbolics 3600 computer, Software for Symbolics
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She has
received many awards including an Emmy, Emmy Nominations, and an Academy
Award. A Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science, Schwartz wrote
with Laurens R. Schwartz, "The Computer Artist's Handbook" (W.W. Norton
1992). For many years she has been consulting with major corporations
involved with computers and technology. "What we know as computer art began in December 1968,when
Lillian Schwartz grasped a light pen and began to draw." Arno Penzias
(Vice President and Chief Scientist, Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs)
Barbara London, curator at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, has
followed Lillian Schwartz's work since the 1970's. She calls Schwartz
"gifted and an innovator who maintains a career on the cutting edge."
(Excerpted with permission by Barbara London, from Leon Museum of
Contemporary Art, December
1995) |
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