6 quotes by Jean Tinguely (1925-1991), Swiss (Sculptor)

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Jean Tinguely

To me art is a form of manifest revolt, total and complete.

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I can assure you, that once you get rid of the notion of art, you acquire a great many wonderful new freedoms.

Jean Tinguely

One has complexes. One has the art complex. One goes to the School of Fine Arts and catches the complexes.

Jean Tinguely

To me art is a form of manifest revolt, total and complete... with Dada I also have in common a certain mistrust towards power. We don't like authority, we don't like power.

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Jean Tinguely

Born: May 22, 1925
Died: August 30, 1991
Nationality: Swiss
Profession: Sculptor

Biography

Jean Tinguely was a Swiss sculptor best known for his kinetic art sculptural machines (known officially as metamechanics) 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.

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