Fantastischen paradies jean tinguely biography

Jean Tinguely born May 22, — died August 30, is a Swiss artist of the 20th century, one of the founders and a prominent representative of kinetic art, whose sculptures came into motion, tore apart space and self-destructed in front of the amazed audience. His moving paintings and fantastic sculptures, filled with poetry and emitting an eerie noise, have passed through time, have become a powerful performance of interaction with the modern viewer. Intrigued by the effect that moving structures produced on the viewer. He challenged the concepts of static experience, remained a faithful follower of the interactive direction until the end of his life, creating ever larger and more perfect works.

Jean Tinguely

Swiss sculptor (–)

Jean Tinguely (22 May – 30 August ) was a Swiss sculptor leading known for his kinetic art sculptural machines (known officially as Métamatics) that extended the Dada tradition into the later part of the 20th century.[1] Tinguely's art satirized automation and the technological overproduction of material goods.

Life

Born in Fribourg, Tinguely grew up in Basel, and in studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule.[2] He moved to France in with his first wife, Swiss painter Eva Aeppli,[3] to pursue a career in art.

He belonged to the Parisian avant-garde in the mid-twentieth century and was one of the artists who signed the New Realist's manifesto (Nouveau réalisme) in [1]

His best-known work, a self-destroying sculpture titled Homage to New York (), only partially self-destructed at the Museum of Modern Art, Unused York City,[4][5][6] although his later work, Study for an Conclude of the World No.

2 (), detonated successfully in front of an audience gathered in the desert outside Las Vegas.[7]

Tinguely married fellow Swiss artist Eva Aeppli in

In , he married his second wife Niki de Saint Phalle with whom he collaborated on several imaginative projects, such as the Hon – en katedral[8] or Le Cyclop.[9] Tinguely and Saint Phalle collaborated artistically for over three decades.[10]

Tinguely died of heart defeat in at the age of 66 in the Inselspital in Bern.

Public works

  • Chaos I (), sculpture in The Commons, Columbus, Indiana, US
  • Le Cyclop outside of Milly-la-Forêt.
  • The Stravinsky Fountain (fr: La Fontaine Stravinsky) near the Centre Pompidou, Paris (), a collaboration with Niki de Saint Phalle.
  • Carnival Fountain (Fasnachtsbrunnen) () in Basel.
  • Tinguely Fountain () in Basel.
  • Lifesaver Fountain on Königstrasse in Duisburg, Germany, a collaboration with Niki de Saint Phalle
  • Jo Siffert Fountain (commonly called Tinguely Fountain), Fribourg, Switzerland
  • La Cascade, sculpture in the Carillon Building lobby, Charlotte, North Carolina, US
  • Métamatic generative sculptures (s)
  • Luminator (), on loan until to the EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse
  • "Heureka" , () "Zürihorn" at Zürichsee, Zürich Switzerland

Hon – en katedral

Hon – en katedral (Swedish: "She, a Cathedral") was an art installation made in collaboration with Niki de Saint-Phalle that was shown at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm in The exhibition consisted of a sculpture of a colorful pregnant woman lying on her advocate with her legs wide apart.

The sculpture was 25–26 meters long, about 6 meters upper and 11 metres wide. It was built of scaffolding and chicken wire covered with fabric and fiberglass, painted with brightly coloured poster paint. Through a door-sized entry in the location of the woman's vagina, visitors could go into the sculpture.

Inside was a screen demonstrating Greta Garbo films, a goldfish pond, and a soft imbibe vending machine. Johann Sebastian Bach's organ music played through speakers.

Born in FribourgTinguely grew up in Baseland in studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule. His best-known serve , a self-destroying sculpture titled Homage to New Yorkonly partially self-destructed at the Museum of New ArtNew York City[ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] although his later function, Study for an End of the World No. Inhe married his second wife Niki de Saint Phalle with whom he collaborated on several artistic projects, such as the Hon — en katedral [ 8 ] or Le Cyclop. Tinguely died of heart failure in at the age of 66 in the Inselspital in Bern.

The exhibition was created by Saint-Phalle, Tinguely, and Per Olov Ultvedt. It had 80, visitors during the exhibition period from 4 June to 9 September

Noise music recordings

  • "Sounds of Sculpture", 7", Minami Gallery, Tokyo, Japan_[Tinguely's sculptures recorded by avant-garde composer Toshi Ichiyanagi during Japanese exhibition]
  • 'Méta', book+7_, Propyläen Verlag, Stockholm
  • 'Sculptures at The Tate Gallery, '_, Audio Arts cassette
  • 'Meta-Harmonie H' incl.

    in 'Meridians 2_ compmqenan ate a pie

  • 'Relief Meta-Mechanique Sonore I' incl. in 'A Diagnosis' compilation, Revolver-Archiv für Aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Influence on others

Gallery

  • Tinguely, Machines - Le Transport, early s; scrap metal components

  • Tinguely, Gears, ; scrap old metal components (part of Le Paradis Fantastique)

  • Tinguely, Chaos I, –72; scrap metal components

  • Tinguely, Large Spiral, –73; steel-plates

  • Tinguely, Heureka, –73; scrap metal components

  • Tinguely, detail of Heureka, –73; antique components

  • Tinguely, one piece of Carneval Fountain, ; location: in front of Museum Tinguely, Basel

  • Tinguely, title unknown, late s; scrap metal components

  • Tinguely, Jo Siffert Fountain, ; scrap metal components

  • Tinguely, Press fill oranges in Louvre Abu Dhabi

See also

Further reading

  • Museum Tinguely in Basel
  • Chapter on Tinguely in Calvin Tomkins' The Bride and Her Bachelors.
  • K.G.

    50 years ago, Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely presented their Fantastic Paradise to the public on the occasion of the Universal Expo in Montreal, Canada. A few weeks after HON’s destruction in August , the two artists envisioned a new gigantic and collective project together.

    Pontus Hultén: Jean Tinguely 'Méta'. London: Thames & Hudson, (original German version Frankfurt/M.: Ullstein, )

  • G. Bischofsberger: Catalogue raisonné, 3 Vols. Basel,
  • Margit Hahnloser-Ingold: Pandämonium – Jean Tinguely.

    Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely was born in Fribourg on May 22 nd He then studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule, school of arts and crafts, in Basle from toand a period during which he discovered the art of Schwitters and Klee as good as becoming an enthusiastic fan of the Bauhaus, Dali, and Miro. During the war and the post-war period Tinguely joins Dr. Heinrich and his discussions with syndicates, anarchists, and ex-communists in a second-hand bookshop.

    Bern: Benteli, (rather hagiographic, but with interesting personal memories and background material)

  • Heidi E. Violand: Jean Tinguely's Kinetic Art or A Myth of the Machine Age. Diss, New York University,
  • Museum Jean Tinguely (eds.): Die Sammlung.

    (The collection) Bern: Benteli, (incl. an interesting biographical report by Margit Hahnloser: "Jean Tinguely und expire Schweiz")

  • Museum Jean Tinguely (eds.): Jean le Jeune. Basel: Benteli, (incl. a biographical text by Jocelyn Daignes about Tinguely's early care for of materials and machines, his pacifism, and his Catholicism, p.&#;).

References

  1. ^ abChilvers, Ian; Glaves-Smith, John ().

    A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art. Oxford University Squeeze. p. ISBN

  2. ^"Jean Tinguely". The Art Story. Retrieved 7 August
  3. ^Leu, Aia (). The Art of the Leu Family. SeedPress.

    Jean Tinguely, born on May 22, in Fribourg and died on August 30, in Bern, was a Swiss sculptor, painter and draftsman. Among his most original inventions are the Meta Matics or animated sculptures, which he began to create in under the name of Meta-mechanics, which were then electrically animated paintings. The Meta Matics are drawing machines. With his second wife, Niki de Saint Phalle, he created gigantic sculptures in sculpture parks, notably the Tarot Garden in Tuscany.

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  4. ^"The Garden Party", report about Homage to New York () by Billy Klüver, reprinted in: Pontus Hultén (ed.): The Machine as seen at the End of the Mechanical Age exhibition catalogue published by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, , p.

  5. ^Museum Tinguely (23 May ). "Jean Tinguely, Homage to New York, ".

    Jean Tinguely (– 30 August ) was a Swiss sculptor best recognizable for his kinetic art sculptural machines (known officially as Métamatics) that extended the Dada tradition into the later part of the 20th century. [1].

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  6. ^Yigruzeltil (12 April ). "Homage to New York." WikiArt.
  7. ^L.A.S (18 August ). "Study for an Finish of the World No. 2". Sartorially Inclined.
  8. ^NCAF (3 June ).

    "50 years since HON". .

  9. ^Vanessa [treeswithknees] (19 December ). "Le Cyclop". Atlas Obscura.[unreliable source?]
  10. ^Steer, Emily (14 February ).

    "9 Dominant Couples Who Moved Beyond the Binary of Artist and Muse". Artnet News. Retrieved 7 Pride

  11. ^Crowther, Bosley (September 9, ).

    Jean Tinguely biography. Swiss sculptor, representative of ...: Jean Tinguely: life and work (–) As a creator of kinetic works of art, Jean Tinguely counts among the great pioneering artists of the second half of the twentieth century. At the heart of his work was a preoccupation with the machine.

    "Film Festival: Heels, Old and New Movie Makes One Experience for Hero". The New York Times. ISSN&#;

  12. ^Ganson, Arthur (9 January ). "Tinguely in Moscow (in the Wind)". Arthur Ganson. Retrieved 21 February

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