The real leap in computer/conceptual painting comes with Jeff Elrod’s first solo at Leo Koenig Inc. Since Elrod’s paintings begin with what he terms “frictionless drawings” made with a mouse in a simple software program, they reminded me of another early arcade game pioneer, Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High: “The thing with Pac-Man is you’ve got to decimate, before you’re decimated. It’s just like life.”
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