This discussion, moderated by Colin Goldberg, the originator of Techspressionism, is a conversation between Christiane Paul, Curator of Digital Art at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and Helen A. Harrison, Director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center in East Hampton, New York.

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“If Picasso Had A Macbook Pro”

ARTIST COLIN GOLDBERG’S NEW MOVEMENT MARRIES COMPUTERS AND CRAFT

“Goldberg manages to give technology a seat at his studio table without compromising the human side of creativity.”

– Kendra Vaculin, WIRED

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Colin Goldberg is an American artist born in the Bronx, New York in 1971. The artist coined the term Techspressionism in 2011 for use as the title of a solo exhibition.  It was first described as a movement in this 2014 WIRED article and was elaborated upon in this 2015 PBS interview with the artist.   He holds a MFA in Computer Art from BGSU and is a recipient of grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts.  Goldberg’s works reside in the permanent collections of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study CenterStony Brook University Hospital and the Islip Art Museum. Goldberg served as a guest panelist for “Abstract Expressionism in the 21st Century Part 2”, a symposium held at the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center in East Hampton, and was a guest speaker at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, NY for PechaKucha Hamptons in 2019.

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