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Tinguely

Tinguely, Jean, 1925-19912016

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This publication offers an extensive overview of the work and life of Jean Tinguely, the Swiss artist who was instrumental in the development of kinetic art.

Tinguely / editors, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Margriet Schavemaker, Barbara Til, Beat Wismer ; essays, Kaira M. Cabañas, Hans-Christian von Hermann, Dominik Müller, Johan Pas, Margriet Schavemaker, Barbara Til, Beat Wismer, Thekla Zell ; theme texts, Claire van Els, Barbara Til ; translation, Dutch-English, Laura Watkinson, German-English, Ben Fergusson.

Author:

Tinguely, Jean, 1925-1991, artistSchavemaker, Margriet, editorTil, Barbara, editorWismer, Beat, editorAmsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum, editor, host institution, issuing bodyMuseum Kunstpalast (Düsseldorf, Germany), editor, host institution, issuing body

Work:

Tinguely

Edition:

English edition.

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Collation:

248 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 29 cm

Variant title:

Cover title: Tinguely : Meta-Matic

Notes:

Also published in German and Dutch editions.Includes bibliographical references.Some texts translated from the German and the Dutch.

Contents:

Foreword / Beatrix Ruf, Beat Wismer -- Jean Tinguely : an introduction / Margriet Schavemaker, Barbara Til, Beat Wismer -- Art in motion -- Why should a picture always be static? Why can't it change? Jean Tinguely's first decade, from meta-art to auto-destructive installation / Beat Wismer -- Do-it-yourself -- Machine parade -- Self-destructive actions -- Desert-bomb-screen / Kaira M. Cabañas -- Rust & rags -- Black sculptures -- Collaborations -- Dynamo Tinguely "networking events" in the Rheinland / Thekla Zell -- Longing for lost labyrinths / Margriet Schavemaker -- Absurd playfulness -- Come in and have a good time! The playful dimension of Jean Tinguely's work / Barbara Til -- Death & transience -- Dancing death in Basel / Dominik Müller -- At the end of the mechanical age Jean Tinguely's machines / Hans-Christian von Herrmann -- Mise-en-page Jean Tinguely's printed matter as an artistic practice / Johan Pas.

Exhibitions:

Published on the occasion of the exhibitions "Jean Tinguely. Super Meta Maxi" held at Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, 23 April - 14 August 2016 and "Jean Tinguely -- Machine Spectacle" held at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1 October 2016 - 5 March 2017

ISBN:

978386335823538633582369783863358235 (hardback)

Dewey class:

730.92

Language:

EnglishDutchGerman

Added title:

Tinguely : Meta-Matic

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