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Tinguely

Title

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.

Publication

Düsseldorf : Museum Kunstpalast ; Amsterdam : Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam ; Köln : Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König; [2016]
©2016

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Description

248 pages : illustrations (some colour); 29 cm

Summary

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.

Alternative Title

Tinguely : Meta-Matic
Tinguely, Tinguely

Subjects

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

Also published in German and Dutch editions.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Exhibitions (note)

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.

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.

Call Number

JQF 16-1176

ISBN

9783863358235
3863358236

OCLC

953211748

Title

Publisher

Düsseldorf : Museum Kunstpalast ; Amsterdam : Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam ; Köln : Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König; [2016]

Copyright Date

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Exhibitions

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.

Added Author

Tinguely, Jean, 1925-1991. Works. Selections.

Til, Barbara, editor.

Wismer, Beat, editor.

Schavemaker, Margriet, editor.

Museum Kunstpalast (Düsseldorf, Germany), editor, host institution, issuing body.

Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum, editor, host institution, issuing body.

Cover Title

Tinguely : Meta-Matic

Other Title

Tinguely, Tinguely

Research Call Number

JQF 16-1176

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