Force Fields: Phases of the Kinetic.

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High modernist blind spots persist when it comes to '60s kinetic art kinetic art, term referring to sculptured works that include motion as a significant dimension. The form was pioneered by Marcel Duchamp, Naum Gabo, and Alexander Calder. Kinetic art is either nonmechanical, e.g., Calder's mobiles, or mechanical, e.g. , which still evokes, in many minds, ideas of tinkly tin·kle
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1. metallic kitsch. In "Force Fields," critic and curator Guy Brett promises to dispatch such biases. Placing work by the likes of Jean Tinguely Jean Tinguely (22 May 1925 in Fribourg, Switzerland - 30 August, 1991 in Bern) was a Swiss painter and sculptor. He is best known for his sculptural machines or kinetic art, in the Dada tradition; known officially as metamechanics. , Pol Bury, and Julio Le Parc Julio le Parc is a modern Latin American kinetic artist born in 1928 and active mainly in Argentina.

Lucie-Smith, Edward (1993). "8", Latin American Art, 130.

in the broader context of movement and the kinetic in abstract art from 1930 to 1970, Brett brings his internationalist perspective to bear on this ambitious exhibition: Featured artists and filmmakers hail from Latin America, China, and the Soviet Union as well as Europe and the US. Apr. 18-June 18; Hayward Gallery, London, July 13-Sept. 10.

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Author:	Withers, Rachel
Publication:	Artforum International
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Date:	Jan 1, 2000
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