JEAN TINGUELY/ A RETROSPECTIVE

This publication offers an extensive overview of the work and life of Jean Tinguely, the Swiss artist who was instrumental in the de velopment of kinetic art. While Tinguelys mechanical metal sculptures may seem witty and playful, their charming absurdity has a da rk side: he contrasts play, pleasure and irony with aggression, self-destruction and a fear of death in an engaging and compelling o euvre. In contrast to the canonic Tinguely discourse, that largely concentrates on the playful, kinetic aspects of his machines, thi s study w...[Read more]