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Zdeněk Sýkora (1920 - 2011) RED-GREEN STRUCTURE

Zdeněk Sýkora was a Czech painter whose works are represented in many important collections of modern world art. He is one of the world's pioneers in the use of computer technology in the preparation of works of art. The combination of artwork and computers had many opponents in its beginnings (in the 1960s), mainly because of the belief that the computer could suppress human emotionality. For Sýkora, however, the use of artificial intelligence was an opportunity to re-explore the properties of basic artistic means, such as color and shape.

Published by: Zdeněk Sýkora, Graphics, pp. 71, 154, Gallery, Prague, 2008