computer art

Machine-generated imagery

Computer art is visual art created using computers as a primary tool or medium.

The term emerged in the 1960s with early algorithmic and generative works, but now encompasses digital painting, 3D rendering, AI-generated imagery, and interactive installations.

The museum's computer art exhibition featured works spanning five decades of digital creativity.

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prehistoric art · folk art · primitive art · outsider art · naive art

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computer, digital art, computer graphics, electronic art

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