Artist

Nake

Nake is a Romanticism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

You’d have to ask him about the beard. German artist Frieder Nake started writing computer programs to plot abstract shapes in the 1960s, long before “digital art” had a label, because he liked the way machines drew lines no human hand could copy. Tap his 1964 print “H Beard Print Collection” and you’ll see the grid that made his name: tiny, wiggly marks that still look like hair under a microscope.

Works by Nake

Collections represented

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