Jean Tinguely was born in 1925 in Switzerland.
He was a painter and a sculptor.
His sculptures were kinetic pieces done
in the Dada tradition known as metamechanics.
Made a satire of the mindless over production of material
goods in advanced industrial society.
In 1952 TInguely moved to France to be able to pursue a career in
art.
In the 1950’s he belonged to
the Parisian avant-garde, he was also one of the artists who signed the New
Realist’s manifesto in 1960.
The
work he is best known for are his sculptures that self-destruct.
Tinguely’s piece, Homage to New York
was at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, this piece is one of his most
famous pieces because it only partially self-destructed.
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