Vera Molnar. Pas froid aux yeux

Catalog of the monographic exhibition at the Espace de l'Art Concret from January 30 to May 31, 2021 and then at the Musée des Beaux-arts de Rennes from October 9, 2021 to January 9, 2022, this book presents the work of the artist Vera Molnar. This exhibition is a first collaboration between two French cultural institutions which have in common a true speciality in the field of abstract art after 1945 and concrete art in particular.

A prolific artist still active at the dawn of her 97th birthday, Vera Molnar places her practice between concrete art, constructed art and conceptual art. She is also considered a pioneer of computer drawing, having contributed to the digital art movement since the 1960s. The exhibition, while not intended as a retrospective, aims to present the multiple faces of Vera Molnar by proposing works created between the 1960s and today (while briefly evoking the beginnings of the 1940s). The catalog is based on a selection of works from the two exhibitions, structured around a main issue that raises the question of the use of the machine in Vera Molnar's creative process. A particular look at the contributions of this major abstract artist to the particular field of digital art can thus be a guiding thread.

The book is accompanied by texts by Vincent Baby, art historian specializing in the work of Vera Molnar and Francesca Franco, art historian and author of The Algorithmic Dimension on digital art.