Hommage à Paul Klee

1966

Plotter Drawing

The Ragnar 100

Description

Hommage à Paul Klee translates painterly intuition into algorithmic structure. Drawing inspiration from Klee’s High Roads and Byroads (1929), Nake devised a program that investigates proportion, rhythm, and the interaction of vertical and horizontal lines. Evenly spaced linear sequences converge and diverge across the picture plane, while circular forms register variations in amplitude and height generated by the algorithm. Rather than reproducing Klee’s image, Nake abstracted its compositional logic, allowing the computer to make controlled choices within defined parameters. Produced as a plotter drawing and later transferred to a screenprint, the work expresses Nake’s belief that the computer could be a tool for exploring how aesthetic principles can be formalized and reinterpreted through symbolic computation.

Random Polygon Frieder Nake1965 Print

futura 13 - frieder nake - computer grafik by Frieder Nake, 1966

futura 13 - frieder nake - computer grafik Frieder Nake1966 Print

25/2/65 Nr. 14 Frieder Nake1965 Plotter

Art Ex Machina (portfolio) by Hiroshi Kawano, 1972

Art Ex Machina (portfolio) Multiple Artists1972 Print

Rectangular Hatching (test print) by Frieder Nake, 1965

Rectangular Hatching (test print) Frieder Nake1965 Plotter

Untitled Computer-Generated Choreogramme (for Otto Beckmann) by Frieder Nake, 1966

Untitled Computer-Generated Choreogramme (for Otto Beckmann) Frieder Nake1966 Plotter

Nr. 6 Frieder Nake1965 Plotter

Walk Through Raster (7.3-1) by Frieder Nake, 1968

Walk Through Raster (7.3-1) Frieder Nake1968 Print