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The History of Spin Art

n 1958 Eugene R. Pera is thought to be the first artist to create art by throwing paint at a spinning canvas. The machine he built would spin his canvas on the vertical axis while he threw different colour paints at it, creating dramatic abstract art. During the 1960’s spin art was

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