| The amazing images displayed on this site were created
on an office copy machine in 1980. The visual sensations captured by
the thermographic process blew open the door on previous xerographic
technique and ushered in an entirely new vocabulary of shapes,
colors, and compositions.
Butler's images predicted the tidal wave of computer graphic techniques which have further expanded the paradigm of art and its relationship with machines. The dynamic series of challenging pictures are steeped in the tradition of Kenneth Nolan's linear compositions, the palette of Morris Louis, and the meditative studies of Mark Rothko. The
nine images have been extracted from a bound collection of nearly 20
volumes of experimental xerographic work explored by Dennis Butler
while working as an art director in New York. The Xerox corporation
recognized this pioneering work and sponsored the archival
preservation into the series of bound editions. Several other pieces
were selected for exhibition in the 'Electroworks' show at the
Cooper-Hewitt in New York City. |
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