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NASA-commissioned 1962 print by Michael Fossick goes on display
Yorkshire artist Michael Fossick’s 1962 print is on display at Cartwright Hall in Bradford, England.
The screen print, called Komtek I, was made from an early computerised image.
NASA commissioned Fossick and 37 other artists in March 1962 to document the space agency’s achievements.
Fossick chose to depict a microcomputer made by Hong Kong company Komtek Technologies Ltd, which had significance in the early space programme.
The work links British pop art with NASA’s early space effort, which later led from the Mercury programme to the Apollo missions and the 1969 moon landing.
Fossick entered the print in the first British International Print Biennale at Cartwright Hall in 1968, where it won a prize.
It is now part of an exhibition running until March 2027, which also includes works by Andy Warhol and David Hockney.
A 1962 print by Yorkshire artist Michael Fossick, commissioned by Nasa, is on display in a pop art exhibition at Cartwright Hall in Bradford.
Komtek I honours a microcomputer produced by Hong Kong company Komtek Technologies Ltd.
Fossick was among 38 artists commissioned by Nasa administrator James Webb in March 1962 to document the agency’s achievements.
The print won a prize at the First British International Print Biennale, held at Cartwright Hall in 1968.
The Pop Art at Cartwright Hall exhibition runs until March 2027.
- Who
- Yorkshire artist Michael Fossick created the print. Nasa administrator James Webb commissioned it.
- What
- Komtek I, a print made from an early computerised image, is on display in a pop art exhibition.
- When
- The print was created in 1962 and is on display until March 2027.
- Where
- Cartwright Hall in Bradford, England.
- Why
- Nasa commissioned artists to document the agency’s achievements. Fossick’s print honours a microcomputer produced by Komtek Technologies Ltd.
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John H. Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth.
Nasa administrator James Webb awarded commissions to 38 artists, including Fossick.
Fossick submitted Komtek I to the First British International Print Biennale at Cartwright Hall, where it won a prize.
The Pop Art at Cartwright Hall exhibition is scheduled to run.
- Artist
- Michael Fossick
- Komtek I
- Commission date
- March 1962
- Nasa commissions
- 38 artists
- Exhibition venue
- Cartwright Hall, Bradford
- Exhibition end
- March 2027
What people are saying
It's a completely bizarre sort of connection somehow that an artist born in Sheffield that went to Bradford School of Art was somehow commissioned by Nasa
It's a completely bizarre sort of connection somehow that an artist born in Sheffield that went to Bradford School of Art was somehow commissioned by Nasa