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The digital art of the last century
is being transformed by the NFT
The work of San Francisco-based artist and digital art pioneer Lee Mullikan has become part of the NFT collection "Feral File." But these are no ordinary works, they were created back in 1987 and are some of the first digital works in the world.
The collection "LeeMulican.PCX" includes 12 digital works, each containing a .PCX source file. The works are created in PC Paitbrush on an IBM 5170 and saved on 5 1/4 - inch floppy disks.
The artist came into digital art from painting. As a teacher at the University of California, Los Angeles art school, he had access to an IBM with an adapter and stylus. In his 67 years, the artist began his first experiments with digital imaging, creating over 300 16-bit landscapes in vivid tones.
A. Meyer, curator of the artist's NFT collection, puts it this way: "There was no market for digital art then. But he kept creating." Contemporary artists must continue to create new things, regardless of the influence of market activity. This example reminds us that it is important to keep exploring new approaches, integrate them into your art and move forward, even if there is not always that coveted public recognition for the artist.
