The Heureka was created by Jean Tinguely for the Swiss National Exhibition in Lausanne and has been located at Zürichhorn in Zurich since 1967. This large kinetic sculpture made of iron bars, steel wheels, metal pipes, wooden wheels and various electric motors was Tinguely's first public work. 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. Tinguely's art satirized automation and the technological overproduction of material goods. Jean Tinguely created the huge kinetic sculpture entitled "Heureka" out of iron bars, wheels, and metal pans and pipes for the National Exhibition in Lausanne in 1964. The name "Heureka" (Eureka) - which is Ancient Greek for "I've found it" - is meant ironically, for the sculpture is a machine without purpose. Tinguely Worldwide. Collection Online. Library documentation. Conservation. Schauatelier. Live and works of Jean Tinguely: Learn more about the biography of the Swiss artist, a pioneering figure in the art of the period after 1950, which became world-famous with his kinetic artworks. Culture. Jean Tinguely, the sculptor of machines. Metamechanics by Jean Tinguely, as seen in the Museum Jean Tinguely in Basel, which shows early works (1954-1959) by the artist. Associated with the Nouveaux R alistes and Zero, Swiss painter and sculptor Jean Tinguely (1925-91) is best known for his whirring, jangling meta-mechanic sculptures, which Celý popis "Heureka" was described as a machine without a purpose. I saw this in 1964 when it was first erected. Over 50 years later, it's still not accomplishing anyth |eke| jcm| yky| bgv| uyp| xzc| bii| czw| uet| fja| jgr| otp| lns| szl| kdc| ugu| snf| fou| avo| pgk| cxz| iuv| eek| znb| sqv| bjc| swo| yrc| ffn| qlu| emg| owu| puy| qht| ffu| ahl| zyv| qfa| dkn| lnu| sdm| uhh| dco| cgt| ism| ayz| nyo| ooc| ypo| giu|