Last year in one of our most prestigious museum's of Amsterdam, "Stedelijk Museum", I visited an exposition of Jean Tinguely, the Swiss artist who was a multi talent and played a key role in the establishment of the kinetic aka moving art. Since the 50s he created more than 100 machine pieces, most of them working, and mostly combined with other art forms such as films, photos and drawings. Tinguely was a character, his art had that even more; He and his art can be characterised by: absurd play, fascination for destruction and ephemerality.
I love big art; I love art that not only moves me but can move in its own right
Jean Tinguely in 1964
https://static01.nyt.com/video/players/offsite/index.html?videoId=100000000761945
Art in Motion at Museum Basel (Switzerland)
Exhibition Overview Museum Basel
Exposition overview & Short Documentary by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
https://vimeo.com/185929154
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