Jean Tinguely Quotes


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


Citations

Tinguely, Jean. Interview with Alain Jouffroy. 1961. Quoted in Pontus Hultén, Jean Tinguely: A Magic Stronger Than Death, Thames & Hudson, 1987, p. 55.

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

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.