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Jean Tinguely

Swiss, 1925–1991

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A pioneer of kinetic sculpture, Jean Tinguely worked in the Dada tradition, satirizing industrial society’s overproduction of material with his complex assemblages of metal and machinery. Of his most renowned kinetic sculpture, Homage to New York …
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Career highlights
User
Solo show at a major institution
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and 3 more
Group
Group show at a major institution
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and 14 more
Institution
Collected by a major institution
Tate, and 1 more
Publication
Reviewed by a major art publication
Artforum, and 3 more
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Included in a major biennial
Venice Biennale International Exhibition, and 2 more
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Related categories
Nouveau Réalisme
Post-War European Art
Kinetic Sculpture
Switzerland
Post-World War II School of Paris
Suspended/Hanging
Modern and Impressionist Art
Paris Artists
Primary Abstraction
20th Century Art
Sculpture
Performing Arts
Line, Form, and Color
Large-Scale Sculpture
Hard-Edged
Found Objects
Angular

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