Physical Works
The Foundation’s Collection of Physical Works
Over the course of his life, Herbert W. Franke curated numerous exhibitions and also wrote a number of books and articles on generative art. He always wanted to inform the public with a broad spectrum of artists and their works that this art form has been a worldwide trend since the 1950s – from constructive and concrete art to Opt Art and generative photography to computer art, which now has evolved into crypto art and AI art.
The majority of Franke’s historical collection from the field of computer art was transferred to the Kunsthalle Bremen in 2007. However, some works remained in the private collection of Franke and his wife Susanne Paech. These works are to be catalogued by the foundation in 2024 and added to the foundation’s Franke & Friends Collection. It follows Franke’s often-published concept of “generative visual art”. It did not matter to Franke whether such works were classified as Op Art, generative photography or computer art. The artists who belonged to this genre created their works on the basis of rational considerations and algorithmic methods, usually also using technical aids and often based on various research studies. Franke built up a global network with these artists from the 1950s onwards and remained in contact with them throughout his life. He himself always referred to these companions as “my friends”, artists who followed a similar artistic concept of rational art observation and design to his own. As part of the tribute project in 2022, the foundation received donations of physical works from some of these pioneers of generative art shortly after its establishment, which were supplemented by further digital donations from the “new” friends who are at home in crypto and AI art. The foundation has also been purchasing its first works since 2023.
Gottfried Jäger (*1937)
Verdrillter Gummiring. Hommage à H.W. F.
1958
Tribute to Herbert W. Franke
camera photography, silver gelatine photo print, 16 x 10,5 cm
Heinrich Heidersberger (1906 – 2006)
3782_182b Rhythmogramm Pigmentdruck
~ 1956 / 2022
Tribute to Herbert W. Franke
photo print, 50×70 cm, 2022
Manfred Gräf
Serie “Semantische Geometrie”
1965
Serigrafie einer Comutergrafik
Kurt Ingerl
ohne Titel
um 1972
Druck einer Computergrafik
Gottfried Jäger
Lichtgrafik
1965
Serigrafie einer generativen Fotografie
Manfred Gräf
um 1968
Hein Gravenhorst
1 x 1 m
1966
Serigrafie einer generativen Fotografie
Karl Martin Holzhäuser (*1944)
Montage 7.2008 1/5
2008
Tribute to Herbert W. Franke
photo print of a digital work, 35 x 35 cm
Vera Molnár (1922-2022)
Interstices
1985
Tribute to Herbert W. Franke
Sylvia Roubaud (*1941)
Random Superposition and Explosion of Straight Lines
Series MBB Computer Graphics
1971/ 2022
Tribute to Herbert W. Franke
photo print of a plotter graphic 2022
Edgar Knoop (*1936)
Hommage à Pierre (from the Series Networks) Collage
2008
Tribute to Herbert W. Franke
PVC film, cardboard, pencil, 40×40 cm
Josef Linschinger (*1945)
SUDOKU 29 03 22
2022
Tribute to Herbert W. Franke
3 digital prints of a computer graphic on acrylic, 95 x 95 cm
Hein Gravenhorst (*1937)
Nag Hammadi
2014 / 2024
Tribute to Herbert W. Franke
photoprint of a computer graphic on acrylilc, 80 x 980 c
Christa Sommerer (*1964) & Laurant Mignonneau (*1976)
Portrait on the Fly (Herbert W. Franke)
2022
Tribute to Herbert W. Franke
Plottergrafik, 40 x 40 cm
Tomislav Mikulić (*1953)
Herbert 22
2022
Tribute to Herbert W. Franke
generated digital artwork
Tomislav Mikulić (*1953)
Pixelated Homage
2022
Tribute to Herbert W. Franke
generated digital work, print
Mechthild Schmidt Feist
Shadow generator under a Blue Moon
2022
Light drawing Generative Photography, Photo Print, 95 x 30 cm, 202
Reiner Schneeberger (*1957)
A stone bust painting of HWF
2022
portrait, highly detailed, Mondrian, computer art, 4K, 8K, unreal engine, octane rendering,
HD –ar 5:3 –seed 18.
T. Michael Stephens
16 PART LOZENGE
2022
print of a painted canvas board, 50 x 50 cm
Derrick Woodham (*1940)
Hoops and Rings in Herbert W. Franke’s Z-Galaxy of 2010
2022
print, 48 x 27 cm
Jürgen Claus (1935-2023)
Memorial Solar Tower for Herbert
1992 / 2022
photo print of a sculpture
Thomas Franke (*1954)
Keine Spur von Leben
2022
Tribute to Herbert W. Franke
Holzstich-Collage, 40 x 60 cm, Book Cover, Work Edition Herbert W. Franke
Thomas Franke (*1954)
Jede Menge Leben
2022
Tribute to Herbert W. Franke
Holzstich-Collage, 40 x 65 cm, Book Cover, Work Edition Herbert W. Franke
Clifford Singer
APOLLONIUS. LOCUS WITH RESPECT TO ASYMPTOTE
2022
60 x 60 cm
Hans Dehlinger (*1939)
Ausschnitt_Kreise_II_XX02
2003
Plottergrafik, 47 x 54 cm
Mario Klingemann (*1970)
(Ohne Titel)
2021
Casey Reas (*1972)
Untitled Filmstill
2023
Paul Prudence
AKENNATEN (TYPEWRITER DRAWING)
2023
typewriter print, 21 x 29.7 cm
SPECTRAL DENSITY DRAWING V (TYPEWRITER DRAWING)
2023
typewriter print, 21×29,7 cm
Frank Malina (1912 – 1981)
ohne Titel
1952
Gouache, 41 x 33 cm
Pierre Pauze
Draw Me A Bull Number 10 (left) and Number 14
AI art print 40 x 60 cm
2023