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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.

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Book category Books in English The arts Art treatments & subjects Individual artists, art monographs

• Full title: Tinguely
• Author: Kaira Marie Cabanas, Hans-Christian von Herrmann
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 248
• EAN: 9783863358235
• ISBN: 3863358236
• ID: 02914948
• Publisher: WALTHER KONIG
• Weight: 1300 g
• Dimensions: 238 × 294 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 07. July 2016

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