Not exact matches
Of the six features on this set, all but Playtime
make their respective American Blu - ray debuts and two appear on disc for the first time in the U.S.. From his debut feature Jour de Fête (1949) to the birth of both M. Hulot and the distinctive Tati directorial approach in his brilliant and loving Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953) through the sublime Playtime (1967) to his post-script feature Parade (1974), this set presents the development of an artist who took comedy seriously and sculpted his films like works of
kinetic art driven by eccentric engines of personality.
Often associated in the 70's with
kinetic and concrete
art, his work has also a strong affinity with Dada, Kurt Schwitters and Marcel Duchamp, working with found objects, tables, chairs, crates, tools, jugs, suitcases, lampshades, wine glasses (filled with wine, red as it happens) and electric light, which through the conductors of fluorescents and bulbs is a ready -
made in itself.
The collboration
made a lasting impact, says Mack: «Tingueley pushed me - before I began
making kinetic sculpture, he said, «What you're doing with your
art is completely all right, but you really should work with motors.»»
Luther is most well known for his Op
Art experiments — don't miss his dizzying 1974
kinetic mirror relief
made with overlapping concave mirrors.
«Several
Art Events Making a Scene» San Francisco Chronicle Written by Kenneth Baker June 25, 2014 More information here Sophont in Action: One of the most eccentric contemporary artists working in the Bay Area, Desirée Holman will enlist local residents in an outdoor performance activating visionary elements of her art, on view here, in static and kinetic med
Art Events
Making a Scene» San Francisco Chronicle Written by Kenneth Baker June 25, 2014 More information here Sophont in Action: One of the most eccentric contemporary artists working in the Bay Area, Desirée Holman will enlist local residents in an outdoor performance activating visionary elements of her
art, on view here, in static and kinetic med
art, on view here, in static and
kinetic media.
During
Art Basel Miami Beach, Theo Jansen presented his Strandbeests (beach beasts),
kinetic, wind - powered creatures mainly
made of yellow plastic...
This week, we'll hear a sample from Seattle - based sound artist Rob Kunz, who
makes sound
art from
kinetic sculpture (here's an idea of what that'll look like).
To have Hepworth, who is so focused on the fixing of an image within the material, and to have Calder concerned with
making sculpture mobile and giving it a
kinetic shape, shows different ways in which
art was being completely rethought in the middle of the 20th century.
Introducing
kinetic movement into her practice, Schneemann pushed the limits of artistic control, insisting on the necessity of chance as a primary factor, not only in
making art but also in life.
At its annual meeting in March, the Collectors Committee of the National Gallery of
Art made possible the acquisition of Piano / Piano (1963 — 1965/2011) by Richard Artschwager, a major example of the wooden sculptures that employ Formica as a laminate, for which he is known; Plaster Surrogates (1982/1989) by Allan McCollum, the last large grouping available of the artist's signature works in this series; and Condensation Wall (1963 — 1966/2013) by Hans Haacke, a breakthrough
kinetic work from the artist's early career.
The exhibition encompassed an incisive retrospective component, tracing avant - garde genealogies from Suprematism, Constructivism, Futurism and the ready -
made to postwar movements including Gutai, Arte Povera, Op, Concrete and
kinetic art.
He drew inspiration from the intuitive approach of the Surrealists,
making hand - cranked and motorized
kinetic sculptures that challenged the definition of sculpture as a form fixed in space and created a place for motion in the expressive vocabulary of
art.
Like Huang's
kinetic installation and Young's ambulatory «YOUR MOM» balloons, Vidal's use of the fair as a venue for
making new work is a welcome reminder that contemporary
art isn't only about six - figure paintings and shiny sculptures.
• Alexander Calder (1898 - 1976) American pioneer of
kinetic art; inventor of sculpture «mobiles»
made from wire and pieces of wood.
, Pope.L has reworked this conundrum by
making his sly work behave as if it were both a
kinetic, unraveling
art work and a living, decomposing thing, as well as a Hollywood - worthy spectacle bordering on — yes — illusion.
A collection of some of the key works by Alexander Calder — who began
making kinetic art in the 1930s — is activated regularly so visitors can see the
art come to life.
In an earlier letter to Kunsthalle Bern, regarding a forthcoming exhibition Light and Motion /
Kinetic art / New Trends in Architecture to which kinetic artists had been invited to contribute, Soto made it clear that: «Eager to avoid all confusion between our work [the kinetic artists] and the very different work of the so - called «optical» school, we are particularly concerned that the Bern [exhibition] selection be respected — a selection exclusively founded, as its title suggests, on the idea of real mo
Kinetic art / New Trends in Architecture to which
kinetic artists had been invited to contribute, Soto made it clear that: «Eager to avoid all confusion between our work [the kinetic artists] and the very different work of the so - called «optical» school, we are particularly concerned that the Bern [exhibition] selection be respected — a selection exclusively founded, as its title suggests, on the idea of real mo
kinetic artists had been invited to contribute, Soto
made it clear that: «Eager to avoid all confusion between our work [the
kinetic artists] and the very different work of the so - called «optical» school, we are particularly concerned that the Bern [exhibition] selection be respected — a selection exclusively founded, as its title suggests, on the idea of real mo
kinetic artists] and the very different work of the so - called «optical» school, we are particularly concerned that the Bern [exhibition] selection be respected — a selection exclusively founded, as its title suggests, on the idea of real movement.
From Photoshopped worlds to
kinetic experiments, digital technology has increasingly been
making inroads into the world of fine
art.