Manfred Mohr - one and zero
Sun, 16 Dec 2012
I went to see Manfred Mohr's exhibition "one and zero" exhibition last week. The exhibition - Manfred's first solo show in London in 50 years of practice - brings together some of his pre-computer work, his computer plotted black and white pieces and more recent colour and animated works.
Throughout the show you can see an ongoing interest in the cube and square, abstract music-like notations, intersecting open and closed forms and algorithmic repetition. As with Ernest Edmond's exhibition in Sheffield at the moment, I like the coherence of this show. You get to see the development of the artist's ideas over many decades and are reminded that "computer art" need not (perhaps must not) be solely defined by the technology of the day. It's always the presence of good ideas that give any artwork longevity.
The exhibition is on at the Carroll/Fletcher gallery in London until 20th December - so you will need to get down to see it quick. I have a collection of pictures from the exhibition on my Flickr pages.
