Harold Cohen
Machine Painting Series TCM #19, 1995
Dyes applied by Cohen's Painting Machine to paper
130 x 163 cm
51 1/8 x 64 1/8 in
51 1/8 x 64 1/8 in
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Machine Painting Series TCM #19, 1997, belongs to AARON’s Painting Machine era. An example of a fully machine-made work, this painting was executed by Cohen’s custom-made robotics station, connected to...
Machine Painting Series TCM #19, 1997, belongs to AARON’s Painting Machine era. An example of a fully machine-made work, this painting was executed by Cohen’s custom-made robotics station, connected to AARON, which completed the drawing and applied the colour to the paper independently of the artist’s hand.
Two figures, one female and one male, dynamically occupy the picture field - both leaning forward they look as if to emerge from the paper’s surface. Space is indicated by a single dividing line and a variety in the colour, ascending from a lilac tone to a teal colour that closely matches the clothing worn by the two characters.
Similar examples of the Painting Machine work were exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 2024, and a piece from the same series is presently exhibited at M+ in Hong Kong as part of Making It Matter: The Foundational Role of Digital Art, further underscoring the enduring institutional interest in Harold Cohen’s legacy.
Two figures, one female and one male, dynamically occupy the picture field - both leaning forward they look as if to emerge from the paper’s surface. Space is indicated by a single dividing line and a variety in the colour, ascending from a lilac tone to a teal colour that closely matches the clothing worn by the two characters.
Similar examples of the Painting Machine work were exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 2024, and a piece from the same series is presently exhibited at M+ in Hong Kong as part of Making It Matter: The Foundational Role of Digital Art, further underscoring the enduring institutional interest in Harold Cohen’s legacy.
