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New Media Artist Brummbaer

Brummbaer is, like the Greek Phidias, the Italian Giotto, the Dutch Rembrandt, one of the first masters of this new art medium. He is one of the first Wizard Fabricators of the cybernetic realities of the 21 st century.   – Timothy Leary In Memoriam:  Brummbaer   1945 - 2016 F rom a chalk wielding pavement artist to a master computer wizard,   Brummbaer’s artistic journey encompassed in similar ways the history of artmaking that began with simple animal paintings on cave walls to dizzying wonders of technology-driven highly complex art shimmering on the electronic screens of the 21 st century. Born in 1945 and raised in post-war Germany, he made the move to Los Angeles, California which served as his artistic home base since the mid-1980s. Raised by a single mom and in poverty, he recalled the growing up experience in post-war Germany with a sense of grimness.  He found meaning and refuge early on in art.  At age 15, he climbed into an empty pic