Tinguely
By: 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
Contributors: Til, Barbara, editor; Wismer, Beat, editor; Schavemaker, Margriet, editor; Museum Kunstpalast (Düsseldorf, Germany); Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9783863358235
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Exhibitions; French Sculpture
Other titles: Tinguely :; Tinguely, Tinguely
Description: 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.
Notes: Also published in German and Dutch editions.

Includes bibliographical references.

Published on the occasion of the exhibitions "Jean Tinguely. Super Meta Maxi" held at Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, from April 23 to August 14, 2016 and "Jean Tinguely -- Machine Spectacle" held at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, from October 1, 2016 to March 5, 2017.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / -- Beatrix Ruf, Beat Wismer; title: Jean Tinguely : an introduction  -- Margriet Schavemaker, Barbara Til, Beat Wismer -- Art in motion; title: Why should a picture always be static? :; title: Why can't it change? :; title: Jean Tinguely's first decade, from meta-art to auto-destructive installation  -- Beat Wismer -- Do-it-yourself -- Machine parade -- Self-destructive actions; title: Desert-bomb-screen  -- Kaira M. Cabañas -- Rust & rags -- Black sculptures -- Collaborations; title: Dynamo Tinguely :; title: "networking events" in the Rheinland  -- Thekla Zell; title: Longing for lost labyrinths  -- Margriet Schavemaker -- Absurd playfulness; title: Come in and have a good time! :; title: The playful dimension of Jean Tinguely's work  -- Barbara Til -- Death & transience; title: Dancing death in Basel  -- Dominik Müller; title: At the end of the mechanical age :; title: Jean Tinguely's machines  -- Hans-Christian von Herrmann; title: Mise-en-page :; title: Jean Tinguely's printed matter as an artistic practice -- Johan Pas.