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Jean Tinguely Retrospective

Jean Tinguely Retrospective Film, Art & Culture

Jean Tinguely Retrospective

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In contrast to the canonic Tinguely discourse, that largely concentrates on the playful, kinetic aspects of his machines, this study will be the first-ever to scrutinize the more topical, theoretical, interdisciplinary and critical aspects of his work. Renowned authors on the subject of 1960s art will discuss the ambiguous nature of Tinguely's work. They will, for instance, examine the infectious cheerfulness of the machines that connects with a darker, more ambivalent view of human existence and death; the predisposition towards - and rejection of - technological advances; Tinguely's utopian yet simultaneously dystopian vision of society; his love of art history and the museum paired with anti-institutional critique and, of course, his paradoxical relationship to materiality/production and destruction. The publication ends with a panel discussion of the meaning of Tinguely for visual art and the museum in the 21st century.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
248
Release Date:
2016-04-26
Publication Date:
2016-07-06
Publisher:
König, Walther
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
3863358236
ISBN13:
9783863358235
Weight:
1300 g
Height:
300 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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