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Bitton Art Gallery presents “Laurence Gartel: The Masters of Art”

October 20 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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Saturday, October 19th and Sunday, October 20th from 6 – 9pm experience the Opening Reception of The Masters of Art at The Bitton Gallery in Fort Lauderdale, featuring Laurence Gartel ‘The Father of Digital Art’. The exhibition is on view October 19th through November 11th, 2024.

Laurence Gartel: Known as ‘The Father of Digital Art’, Gartel’s vision was to create electronic images, capture them with a still camera off a monitor as there were no saving devices or software to store the created picture. He saw these images as works of Art that would eventually replace painting. In 1985 he delivered the keynote speech at the First Pan Pacific Computer Conference in333 Melbourne, Australia predicting the future of the world, which landed him on the front page of “The Australian” Newspaper. This was the same year he taught Andy Warhol how to use the Amiga Computer to create the album cover for Debbie Harry (Blondie.) It was a moment when “Pop Art met Digital Art.” In 1991, he produced his famous ABSOLUT GARTEL ad for Absolut Vodka. Gartel had a feature exhibition at the Norton Museum of Art, and in 2009 he received the Palm Beach Photographic Centre’s prestigious FOTOmentor Award. In his 40+ year career he created artwork for the 57th Annual Grammy Awards; Newport Jazz Festival; NASA; Monaco International Film Festival; Feature of the 113th New York International Auto Show; Oslo Motor Show Norway and much more.

Venue

The Bitton Gallery
100 N Federal Highway Suite #120,
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 United States
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