Jean Tinguely (22 May 1925 – 30 August 1991) was a Swiss sculptor best 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.
Born in Fribourg, Tinguely grew up in Basel, and in 1941-1945 studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule.[2] He moved to France in 1952 with his first wife, Swiss artist 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 1960.[1]
His best-known work, a self-destroying sculpture titled Homage to New York (1960), only partially self-destructed at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City,[4][5][6] although his later work, Study for an End of the World No. 2 (1962), detonated successfully in front of an audience gathered in the desert outside Las Vegas.[7]
Tinguely married fellow Swiss artist Eva Aeppli in 1951.
In 1971, he 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.[9] Tinguely and Saint Phalle collaborated artistically for over three decades.[10]
Tinguely died of heart failure in 1991 at the age of 66 in the Inselspital in Bern.
Luminator (1991), on loan until 2014 to the EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse
"Heureka" , (1964) "Zürihorn" at Zürichsee, Zürich Switzerland
Hon – en katedraledit
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 1966. The exhibition consisted of a sculpture of a colorful pregnant woman lying on her back with her legs wide apart. The sculpture was 25–26 meters long, about 6 meters high 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 showing Greta Garbo films, a goldfish pond, and a soft drink vending machine. Johann Sebastian Bach's organ music played through speakers. The exhibition was created by Saint-Phalle, Tinguely, and Per Olov Ultvedt. It had 80,000 visitors during the exhibition period from 4 June to 9 September 1966.
Noise music recordingsedit
1963 "Sounds of Sculpture", 7", Minami Gallery, Tokyo, Japan_[Tinguely's sculptures recorded by avant-garde composer Toshi Ichiyanagi during Japanese exhibition]
1972 'Méta', book+7_, Propyläen Verlag, Stockholm
1983 'Sculptures at The Tate Gallery, 1982'_, Audio Arts cassette
1983 'Meta-Harmonie H' incl. in 'Meridians 2_ compmqenan ate a pie
2001 'Relief Meta-Mechanique Sonore I' incl. in 'A Diagnosis' compilation, Revolver-Archiv für Aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Influence on othersedit
In Arthur Penn's Mickey One (1965) the mime-like Artist (Kamatari Fujiwara) with his self-destructive machine is reminiscent of Tinguely[11]
Prominent kinetic sculptor Arthur Ganson described Tinguely as his "primary spiritual artistic mentor", and paid homage to him in his work "Tinguely in Moscow".[12]
Gallery of Worksedit
Tinguely, Machines - Le Transport, early 1960s; scrap metal components
Tinguely, Gears, 1967; scrap old metal components (part of Le Paradis Fantastique)
Tinguely, Chaos I, 1971–72; scrap metal components
Tinguely, Large Spiral, 1971–73; steel-plates
Tinguely, Heureka, 1972–73; scrap metal components
Tinguely, detail of Heureka, 1972–73; old components
Tinguely, one piece of Carneval Fountain, 1977; location: in front of Museum Tinguely, Basel
Tinguely, title unknown, late 1970s; scrap metal components
Tinguely, Jo Siffert Fountain, 1984; scrap metal components
Chapter on Tinguely in Calvin Tomkins' The Bride and Her Bachelors.
K.G. Pontus Hultén: Jean Tinguely 'Méta'. London: Thames & Hudson, 1975 (original German version Frankfurt/M.: Ullstein, 1972)
G. Bischofsberger: Catalogue raisonné, 3 Vols. Basel, 1982.
Margit Hahnloser-Ingold: Pandämonium – Jean Tinguely. Bern: Benteli, 1988 (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, 1990
Museum Jean Tinguely (eds.): Die Sammlung. (The collection) Bern: Benteli, 1996 (incl. an interesting biographical report by Margit Hahnloser: "Jean Tinguely und die Schweiz")
Museum Jean Tinguely (eds.): Jean le Jeune. Basel: Benteli, 2002 (incl. a biographical text by Jocelyn Daignes about Tinguely's early love of materials and machines, his pacifism, and his Catholicism, p. 23-65).
Referencesedit
^ abChilvers, Ian; Glaves-Smith, John (2009). A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art. Oxford University Press. p. 709. ISBN 978-0-1992396-6-5.
^"Jean Tinguely". The Art Story. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
^"The Garden Party", report about Homage to New York (1960) 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, 1968, p. 168-171.
^Museum Tinguely (23 May 2017). "Jean Tinguely, Homage to New York, 1960". Vimeo.
^Yigruzeltil (12 April 2013). "Homage to New York." WikiArt.
^L.A.S (18 August 2010). "Study for an End of the World No. 2". Sartorially Inclined.
^NCAF (3 June 2016). "50 years since HON". nikidesaintphalle.org.
^Steer, Emily (14 February 2024). "9 Powerful Couples Who Moved Beyond the Binary of Artist and Muse". Artnet News. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
^Crowther, Bosley (September 9, 1965). "Film Festival: Heels, Old and New:1954 Movie Makes One Feel for Hero". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
^Ganson, Arthur (9 January 2009). "Tinguely in Moscow (in the Wind)". Arthur Ganson. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
External linksedit
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Art Cyclopaedia: Jean Tinguely
videos: Tinguely's kinetic fountains in Basel and Paris
Métamatic Research Initiative
Lecture by Kaira Cabañas (PhD, Princeton University) Homage to New York: Jean Tinguely's Destructive Art delivered 20 November 2008 in New York City at Museum of Modern Art
in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website
January 01, 1970
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Jean Tinguely 22 May 1925 30 August 1991 was a Swiss sculptor best known for his kinetic art sculptural machines known officially as Metamatics 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 Jean TinguelyJean Tinguely 1961Born 1925 05 22 22 May 1925Fribourg SwitzerlandDied30 August 1991 1991 08 30 aged 66 Bern SwitzerlandKnown forPainting SculptureSpousesEva Aeppli 1951 1960 Niki de Saint Phalle 1971 1991 PartnerMilena Palakarkina 1986 1991 Contents 1 Life 2 Public works 2 1 Hon en katedral 3 Noise music recordings 4 Influence on others 5 Gallery of Works 6 See also 7 Further reading 8 References 9 External linksLife editBorn in Fribourg Tinguely grew up in Basel and in 1941 1945 studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule 2 He moved to France in 1952 with his first wife Swiss artist 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 realisme in 1960 1 nbsp Jean Tinguely portrait by Lothar Wolleh 1968 nbsp The Tinguely Fountain in front of the Tinguely Museum in Basel nbsp Tinguely s Heureka in Zurich Seefeld Zurichhorn His best known work a self destroying sculpture titled Homage to New York 1960 only partially self destructed at the Museum of Modern Art New York City 4 5 6 although his later work Study for an End of the World No 2 1962 detonated successfully in front of an audience gathered in the desert outside Las Vegas 7 Tinguely married fellow Swiss artist Eva Aeppli in 1951 In 1971 he 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 9 Tinguely and Saint Phalle collaborated artistically for over three decades 10 Tinguely died of heart failure in 1991 at the age of 66 in the Inselspital in Bern Public works editChaos I 1974 sculpture in The Commons Columbus Indiana US Le Cyclop outside of Milly la Foret The Stravinsky Fountain fr La Fontaine Stravinsky near the Centre Pompidou Paris 1983 a collaboration with Niki de Saint Phalle Carnival Fountain Fasnachtsbrunnen 1977 in Basel Tinguely Fountain 1977 in Basel Lifesaver Fountain on Konigstrasse 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 Metamatic generative sculptures 1950s Luminator 1991 on loan until 2014 to the EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Heureka 1964 Zurihorn at Zurichsee Zurich Switzerland Hon en katedral edit 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 1966 The exhibition consisted of a sculpture of a colorful pregnant woman lying on her back with her legs wide apart The sculpture was 25 26 meters long about 6 meters high 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 showing Greta Garbo films a goldfish pond and a soft drink vending machine Johann Sebastian Bach s organ music played through speakers The exhibition was created by Saint Phalle Tinguely and Per Olov Ultvedt It had 80 000 visitors during the exhibition period from 4 June to 9 September 1966 Noise music recordings edit1963 Sounds of Sculpture 7 Minami Gallery Tokyo Japan Tinguely s sculptures recorded by avant garde composer Toshi Ichiyanagi during Japanese exhibition 1972 Meta book 7 Propylaen Verlag Stockholm 1983 Sculptures at The Tate Gallery 1982 Audio Arts cassette 1983 Meta Harmonie H incl in Meridians 2 compmqenan ate a pie 2001 Relief Meta Mechanique Sonore I incl in A Diagnosis compilation Revolver Archiv fur Aktuelle Kunst Frankfurt am Main GermanyInfluence on others editIn Arthur Penn s Mickey One 1965 the mime like Artist Kamatari Fujiwara with his self destructive machine is reminiscent of Tinguely 11 Survival Research Laboratories directed by Mark Pauline USA Prominent kinetic sculptor Arthur Ganson described Tinguely as his primary spiritual artistic mentor and paid homage to him in his work Tinguely in Moscow 12 Gallery of Works edit nbsp Tinguely Machines Le Transport early 1960s scrap metal components nbsp Tinguely Gears 1967 scrap old metal components part of Le Paradis Fantastique nbsp Tinguely Chaos I 1971 72 scrap metal components nbsp Tinguely Large Spiral 1971 73 steel plates nbsp Tinguely Heureka 1972 73 scrap metal components nbsp Tinguely detail of Heureka 1972 73 old components nbsp Tinguely one piece of Carneval Fountain 1977 location in front of Museum Tinguely Basel nbsp Tinguely title unknown late 1970s scrap metal components nbsp Tinguely Jo Siffert Fountain 1984 scrap metal componentsSee also editNew Realism Useless machine Arthur Ganson Rube GoldbergFurther reading editMuseum Tinguely in Basel Chapter on Tinguely in Calvin Tomkins The Bride and Her Bachelors K G Pontus Hulten Jean Tinguely Meta London Thames amp Hudson 1975 original German version Frankfurt M Ullstein 1972 G Bischofsberger Catalogue raisonne 3 Vols Basel 1982 Margit Hahnloser Ingold Pandamonium Jean Tinguely Bern Benteli 1988 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 1990 Museum Jean Tinguely eds Die Sammlung The collection Bern Benteli 1996 incl an interesting biographical report by Margit Hahnloser Jean Tinguely und die Schweiz Museum Jean Tinguely eds Jean le Jeune Basel Benteli 2002 incl a biographical text by Jocelyn Daignes about Tinguely s early love of materials and machines his pacifism and his Catholicism p 23 65 References edit a b Chilvers Ian Glaves Smith John 2009 A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art Oxford University Press p 709 ISBN 978 0 1992396 6 5 Jean Tinguely The Art Story Retrieved 7 August 2022 Leu Aia 2012 The Art of the Leu Family SeedPress p 13 ISBN 978 0 9551109 2 4 The Garden Party report about Homage to New York 1960 by Billy Kluver reprinted in Pontus Hulten ed The Machine as seen at the End of the Mechanical Age exhibition catalogue published by the Museum of Modern Art New York 1968 p 168 171 Museum Tinguely 23 May 2017 Jean Tinguely Homage to New York 1960 Vimeo Yigruzeltil 12 April 2013 Homage to New York WikiArt L A S 18 August 2010 Study for an End of the World No 2 Sartorially Inclined NCAF 3 June 2016 50 years since HON nikidesaintphalle org Vanessa treeswithknees 19 December 2010 Le Cyclop Atlas Obscura unreliable source Steer Emily 14 February 2024 9 Powerful Couples Who Moved Beyond the Binary of Artist and Muse Artnet News Retrieved 7 March 2024 Crowther Bosley September 9 1965 Film Festival Heels Old and New 1954 Movie Makes One Feel for Hero The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Ganson Arthur 9 January 2009 Tinguely in Moscow in the Wind Arthur Ganson Retrieved 21 February 2018 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jean Tinguely nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to Jean Tinguely Tinguely Museum in Basel Biography by the Tinguely Museum in Basel Art Cyclopaedia Jean Tinguely https web archive org web 20060210001214 http www art public com cyclop cyclop g htm videos Tinguely s kinetic fountains in Basel and Paris Metamatic Research Initiative Lecture by Kaira Cabanas PhD Princeton University Homage to New York Jean Tinguely s Destructive Art delivered 20 November 2008 in New York City at Museum of Modern Art Jean Tinguely in American public collections on the French Sculpture Census website nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jean Tinguely amp oldid 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