Wee exhibit, big scandal Jun 23, 2008
" To keep the Duchamp company, Christov-Bakargiev has included several other important works of the 20th century. Their collective presence acts like a lodestone or spinal cord running through the exhibition, from which all else spirals out or revolves back into in some form or another, even as an echo. There are works by Alexander Calder, the inventor of the mobile sculpture, who experimented in the 1940s with the idea of mass as "moving fragments in space"; and from Jean Tinguely, one of the... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Paris For Food Lovers Sep 2, 2007
"Fountains are placed all over Paris, but one I especially like to visit is the fountain created by Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely near Georges Pompidou Center. The Stravinsky Fountain is made up of 16 mobile gargoyle sculptures and was created by the former French Vogue cover-model-turned-artist in collaboration with Swiss painter and sculptor Jean Tinguely. Hugo's square "Place des Vosges is one of Paris' oldest and most beautiful squares. Surrounded by 36 buildings and arched arcades;... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Life destroyed, mum in tears, job well done Jul 19, 2007
His drawings are based on Homage to New York, a famous sculpture by the late Swiss artist Jean Tinguely in 1960. Tinguely's bizarre piece was designed to self-destruct before an invited audience at the New York Museum of Modern Art. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
New lease of life for New Realism at Paris show Jun 3, 2007
Visitors to the Centre Georges Pompidou, known simply as Beaubourg, still enjoy the sight of Jean Tinguely and Nikki de Saint Phalle's colorful and elaborate fountain display ... Names of artists associated with the 1960s art movement included Yves Klein, Jean Tinguely, Arman, Martial Raysse, Cesar, Francois Dufrene, Jacques Villegle and Raymond Hains. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
