©ADAGP, Paris & SPDA, Tokyo, 2011 |
Sophia Loren's Nightmare 1985
Jean TINGUELY (Swiss/1925-Swiss/1991)
iron, rubber, tin plate, wood, plastic dolls,
cloth, bulb, motor, wheel
174x290x68cm |
The material culture
of the 20th century left behind massive amounts of discarded trash.
"Junk Art" is a form of art that makes use of such waste
to create works of art. Born in Switzerland and active in France,
Tinguely is a representative artist of this genre. His creations,
with their strange motor-generated movements, are sometimes also classified
as "Kinetic Art." This work, made up of old motor parts
and a doll's head and whose title carries the name of a famous actress,
performs with much noise a nonsensical set of repeated mechanical
motions. The work is grotesque but at the same time seems to cheerfully
brush away the anxieties of contemporary life and reveals Tinguely's
style in the 1980s at its best.
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