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THE NEW YORK DIGITAL SALON PRESENTS SHERBAN EPURÉ: “S-BANDS” AN EXHIBITION OF ANALOG AND DIGITAL ART THAT SPANS 40 YEARS OF CREATIVE EXPLORATIONJune 22 -July 12, 2009 The New York Digital Salon presents “S-BANDS,” an exhibition of creative work by Sherban Epuré. Trained in electronics and painting, Epuré conceived the S-Band in 1969 as a device that is art, software and hardware in one. Based on mathematical principles, this two-dimensional modular structure can be produced in numerous variations. Documenting Epuré’s transition from traditional to digital techniques while preserving his creative intent, the exhibition includes over 60 digital images on canvas, as well as early work in traditional media, along with his recent animated work and a retrospective video that documents his artistic career. This will be the first time that the S-Bands are shown publicly in the U.S. Curator Bruce Wands, chair of the MFA Computer Art Department at the School of Visual Arts (SVA), remarks, “I first became aware of Sherban’s art work through the early New York Digital Salon exhibitions in the 1990s. Even though we had different juries each year, Sherban became a mainstay in our exhibitions due to his unique insight into the relationship between aesthetic artistic creation and mathematics.” Born in Romania, Epuré has been living and working in New York since 1980. “Moving to New York provided me with a culture that supported fine art and creative exploration, and I worked with The Museum of Modern Art to produce S-Bands for purchase at their store from 1982 - 1992. What I am trying to achieve with this exhibition is to demonstrate my seamless transition from the traditional to the digital. Computers have allowed me to expand my creative palette without sacrificing my original vision.” The artist’s Web site is www.sherban-epure.com. Visitors to the exhibition will see over 60 recent digital prints on canvas, arranged in a manner that enhances the perception of Epuré’s creative process using iterative mathematics. Other traditional works promote a deeper understanding of his underlying aesthetics and creative evolution. A large LCD screen display suggests how Epuré has transformed his original concepts from paintings on canvas into the digital realm of computer animation. The exhibition also includes a 20-minute video detailing the history of his work, with glimpses of 12 solo and 53 group exhibitions dating back to 1971 at The Museum of Modern Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Gallery in Romania, and the Visual Arts Museum at SVA, among other venues. In 2006, Epuré published his monograph, An Artist's Journey in Art and Science: From behind the Iron Curtain to Present-Day America in Leonardo: Journal of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (Volume 39, Number 5, October 2006, pp. 402-409). In 2008, Epuré’s work was included in “Imaging by Numbers: A Historical View of the Computer Print” at the Mary & Leigh Block Museum in Evanston, IL, and became a part of the museum’s collection. The MFA Computer Art Department Gallery is open by appointment, Monday – Friday, 10am – 6pm. Please contact Charley Lewis at 212-592-2517 or charley@mfaca.sva.edu to schedule a visit. TECHNOCULTURES: THE HISTORY OF DIGITAL ART–A CONVERSATION
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here to view part 1 of the Technocultures panel.