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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 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.

Jean Tinguely
Jean Tinguely, 1961
Born(1925-05-22)22 May 1925
Fribourg, Switzerland
Died30 August 1991(1991-08-30) (aged 66)
Bern, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
Spouses
PartnerMilena Palakarkina (1986–1991)

Life


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 avantgarde in the mid-twentieth century and was one of the artists who signed the New Realist's manifesto (Nouveau réalisme) in 1960.[4]

Jean Tinguely portrait by Lothar Wolleh, 1968
Jean Tinguely portrait by Lothar Wolleh, 1968
The Tinguely Fountain in front of the Tinguely Museum in Basel
The Tinguely Fountain in front of the Tinguely Museum in Basel
Tinguely's Heureka in Zürich-Seefeld (Zürichhorn)
Tinguely's Heureka in Zürich-Seefeld (Zürichhorn)

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,[5][6][7] 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.[8]

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[9] or Le Cyclop.[10]

Tinguely died of heart failure in 1991 at the age of 66 years, in the Inselspital in Bern.


Public works



Hon – en katedral


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 Niki de 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



Influence on others





See also



Further reading



References


  1. Ian Chilvers and John Glaves-Smith (eds), A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art, Oxford University Press, p.709
  2. "Jean Tinguely". Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  3. Leu, Aia. The Art of the Leu Family, SeedPress, 2012, ISBN 978-0-9551109-2-4. (p. 13).
  4. Ian Chilvers and John Glaves-Smith (eds), A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art, Oxford University Press, p.709
  5. "The Garden Party", report about Homage to New York (1960) by Billy Klüver, reprinted in: Pontus Hilton (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.
  6. "Jean Tinguely, Homage to New York, 1960". 23 May 2017.
  7. https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-tinguely/homage-to-new-york-1960
  8. "Sartorially Inclined: Study for an End of the World No. 2". 18 August 2010.
  9. "50 years since HON". 3 June 2016.
  10. "Le Cyclop".
  11. "Tinguely in Moscow - Arthur Ganson". Arthur Ganson. Retrieved 21 February 2018.


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На других языках

[de] Jean Tinguely

Jean Tinguely (auch: Jeannot; * 22. Mai 1925 in Freiburg im Üechtland; † 30. August 1991 in Bern; heimatberechtigt in La Roche, Pont-la-Ville und Basel, ab 1985 Ehrenbürger von Freiburg im Üechtland) war ein Schweizer Maler und Bildhauer des Nouveau Réalisme. Er gilt als einer der Hauptvertreter der kinetischen Kunst. Tinguely wurde vor allem durch seine beweglichen, maschinenähnlichen Skulpturen bekannt.
- [en] Jean Tinguely

[es] Jean Tinguely

Jean Tinguely (Friburgo, Suiza, 22 de mayo de 1925–Berna, Suiza, 30 de agosto de 1991) fue un escultor y pintor suizo. Es famoso por sus máquinas escultura o arte cinético, entroncado en la tradición Dada; conocido oficialmente como Méta - Matics. A través de su arte, Tinguely satirizó la sobreproducción sin sentido de bienes materiales por parte de la sociedad industrial avanzada.

[fr] Jean Tinguely

Jean Tinguely, né le 22 mai 1925 à Fribourg et mort le 30 août 1991 à Berne, est un sculpteur, peintre et dessinateur suisse.

[it] Jean Tinguely

Jean Tinguely (Friburgo, 22 maggio 1925 – Berna, 30 agosto 1991) è stato uno scultore svizzero.

[ru] Тенгели, Жан

Жан Тенгели́, или Жан Тэнгли́ (фр. Jean Tinguely; 22 мая 1925, Фрибур, Швейцария — 30 августа 1991, Берн, Швейцария) — швейцарский скульптор, представитель кинетического искусства, вдохновлённого дадаизмом. Его фантастические машины и гигантские саморазрушающиеся конструкции иногда называют метамеханикой.


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