DIE UNGARISCH-FRANZÖSISCHE MEDIENKÜNSTLERIN VERA MOLNÁR IST GESTORBEN

Die am 5. Januar 1924 in Budapest geborene ungarisch-französische Medienkünstlerin Vera Molnár (Bild) ist am 7. Dezember 2023 kurz vor ihrem hundertsten Geburtstag in Paris gestorben. Als Künstlerin aus dem Feld der konstruktiv-konkreten Kunst gilt sie als bedeutende Pionierin der Computerkunst. (*) Sie erhielt vor allem in Frankreich und Ungarn zahlreiche hochrangige Orden und Auszeichnungen. Im kommenden Februar wird im Centre Pompidou in Paris eine Retrospektive eröffnet, die die Künstlerin noch mitgestaltet hat.

Bild: Vera Molnár, 1996 – Foto: Pantalaskas, http://imagoart.e-monsite.com/pages/monographies-dvd-j-n/vera-molnar.html – Lizenz: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en – Datei: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vera_Molnár_(1996).png 

Mort de Vera Molnár, femme d’esprit et pionnière de l’art numérique

Vera Molnár, née Vera Gács le 5 janvier 1924 à Budapest, est la grande artiste française d’origine hongroise qui a poussé l’abstraction jusqu’à la poésie, poursuivant à sa manière expérimentale Homage to the Square de Josef Albers, figure du Bauhaus. En devenant française, Vera Molnár est devenue Véra Molnar, les accents ont changé de place et de syllabes ! On a appris, par sa galerie, que cette figure de l’histoire de l’art célébrée des artistes est morte ce matin du jeudi 7 décembre à Paris, juste avant d’atteindre ses 100 ans.

Valérie Duponchelle

https://www.lefigaro.fr/arts-expositions/mort-de-vera-molnar-femme-d-esprit-et-pionniere-de-l-art-numerique-20231207

Vera Molnar, pionnière de l’art numérique, est morte

Née en Hongrie, la première artiste à s’emparer de l’informatique dès les années 1960 aura eu une carrière prolifique, malgré sa reconnaissance tardive, et fera l’objet d’une rétrospective au Centre Pompidou en 2024.

Emmanuelle Lequeux

https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2023/12/09/vera-molnar-pionniere-de-l-art-numerique-est-morte_6204823_3382.html

Les œuvres de l’artiste, grande figure de l’abstraction géométrique, étaient pleines de carré, cercles, rectangles, triangles depuis qu’elle avait découvert l’ordinateur en 1968

Clémentine Mercier

https://www.liberation.fr/culture/arts/art-contemporain/mort-de-vera-molnar-pionniere-de-lart-numerique-20231207_EO5KQJTOEFAXLHRFFQDWGGZEWE/

Vera Molnár, Now Heralded as Godmother of Generative Art, Has Died

Digital artists and platforms including Dmitri Cherniak, Mario Klingemann, ARSNL Art, and Art Blocks likewise commiserated about Molnár’s passing—paying tribute to an artist whose groundbreaking computational artworks, which she began in the 1950s, heralded the algorithmic art of today. «The machine, thought to be cold and inhuman, can help to realize what is most subjective, unattainable, and profound in a human being,» she once noted. 

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/vera-molnar-obituary-2406136

Vera Molnár, Computer Art Legend Who Drew with Plotters and Algorithms, Dies at 99

Vera Molnár, a giant of computer art whose essential experiments with algorithms, plotters, and more have seen a surge in interest in the past two years, has died at 99. Her death was announced on Thursday by Paris’s Centre Pompidou, where she will have an exhibition in February.

Alex Greenbberger

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/vera-molnar-computer-art-dead-1234688785/

Founding Mother of Generative Art Vera Molnár Dies at 99

Michael Bouhanna, Vice President and Head of Digital Art & Contemporary Art Specialist at Sotheby’s, shared today (Dec. 7) that pioneering generative artist Vera Molnár has passed away at age 99. The news was confirmed by Michael Spalter, a notable digital art collector and former Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Rhode Island School of Design.

Christa Terry

https://observer.com/2023/12/founding-mother-of-generative-art-vera-molnar-dies-at-99/

Death of Vera Molnár, woman of spirit and pioneer of digital art

Born Hungarian, French and Parisian by adoption, she was the «artist of artists» par excellence. She died just before her 100th birthday, on January 5th, on December 7th. «She was 99 years old. A pioneer of computer coding in art, the artist, born in 1924 in Budapest, was currently working alongside Christian Briend, curator at the National Museum of Modern Art, on a major exhibition»

https://newsrnd.com/life/2023-12-07-death-of-vera-molnár–woman-of-spirit-and-pioneer-of-digital-art.S1e9n-L1L6.html

Video:

Generative Art Exploration Chapter V: The Life and Work of Vera Molnár

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tNESHtfkr0&t=1s

Encyclopédie audiovisuelle de l’art contemporain

http://imagoart.e-monsite.com/pages/monographies-dvd-j-n/vera-molnar.html 

Véra Molnar – Écrans, 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efZfR7U7cM4 

Vera Molnar im Gespräch mit Sabine Schaschl, Paris, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkA0hg_-j50

Vera Molnar dans les Galeries Lafayette, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UUB2kplKOU

Vera Molnar at MuDA Zürich, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnP-83OUP_M

Algorithmic Signs – Five pioneers of computer art in conversation, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hka-lXjoEhM 

Mehr:

http://www.veramolnar.com/

https://www.facebook.com/vera.molnar.507

https://www.instagram.com/vera_molnar_official/?fbclid=IwAR3ZcpYU4X23FAMv3u2uZnIVTe76mfz8_Y46Mtarl1kKwi71TAZ0nc5dRMA

https://muda.co/veramolnar/

https://muda.co/announcingveramolnar/

https://archive.aec.at/prix/showmode/49109/

https://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/peinture/Vera_Molnar/153507

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Molnár

(*) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vera_Molnár_(1996).png 

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Bild: Vera Molnár (links) plant 2019 ihre Ausstellung mit Caroline Hirt, Co-Direktorin des MuDA in Zürich. Im Hintergrund Jacky Paul Meyer von der Galerie La Ligne. © Digital Arts Association