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− | Also ''kineticism''. | + | Also ''kineticism, art cinétique, Kinetische Kunst''. |
==Artists== | ==Artists== | ||
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[[Image:Roerelse_i_konsten_Stockholm_1961.jpg|thumb|258px|''Rörelse i konsten'', Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 1961. Photo Herbert Lindgrén. [http://www.stockholmskallan.se/Soksida/Post/?nid=12262] ]] | [[Image:Roerelse_i_konsten_Stockholm_1961.jpg|thumb|258px|''Rörelse i konsten'', Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 1961. Photo Herbert Lindgrén. [http://www.stockholmskallan.se/Soksida/Post/?nid=12262] ]] | ||
[[Image:Bewogen_Beweging_poster_by_Dieter_Roth_1961.jpg|thumb|258px|Poster for the ''Bewogen Beweging'' show in Amsterdam, 1961, by Dieter Roth. [http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2013/dieter_roth/works/24/] ]] | [[Image:Bewogen_Beweging_poster_by_Dieter_Roth_1961.jpg|thumb|258px|Poster for the ''Bewogen Beweging'' show in Amsterdam, 1961, by Dieter Roth. [http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2013/dieter_roth/works/24/] ]] | ||
+ | [[Image:Signals_Gallery_London_1966.jpg|thumb|258px|The exterior of Signals at 39 Wigmore Street, London, 1966. Photo: Clay Perry.]] | ||
==Exhibitions== | ==Exhibitions== | ||
* ''Mouvement'', curated by Denise René and Pontus Hultén, Denise René Gallery, Paris, Apr 1955. Works by Agam, Bury, Calder, Duchamp, Jacobsen, Soto, Tinguely, Vasarely. | * ''Mouvement'', curated by Denise René and Pontus Hultén, Denise René Gallery, Paris, Apr 1955. Works by Agam, Bury, Calder, Duchamp, Jacobsen, Soto, Tinguely, Vasarely. | ||
− | * ''Bewogen Beweging / Rörelse i konsten / Bevægelse i kunsten'' [Movement in Art], curated by Pontus Hultén, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Mar-Apr 1961; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, May-Sep 1961; Louisiana, | + | * ''Bewogen Beweging / Rörelse i konsten / Bevægelse i kunsten'' [Movement in Art], curated by Pontus Hultén, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Mar-Apr 1961; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, May-Sep 1961; Louisiana, Humlebæk, 1961-62. In collaboration with Billy Klüver and Daniel Spoerri; 233 works by 83 artists from 18 countries. [http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B6relse_i_konsten] [http://www.modernamuseet.se/Stockholm/Nyheter/50-ar-sedan-Rorelse-i-konsten/] [http://www.stockholmskallan.se/Soksida/?advanced=1&ft=R%C3%B6relse+i+konsten&tab=image&sorting=0&sortorder=1] [http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2013/dieter_roth/works/24/] |
* ''Dylaby: Dynamisch Labyrinth'', Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Aug-Sep 1962. Works by Tinguely, Spoerri, Rauschenberg, Raysse, Phalle, Ultvedt. [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylaby] | * ''Dylaby: Dynamisch Labyrinth'', Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Aug-Sep 1962. Works by Tinguely, Spoerri, Rauschenberg, Raysse, Phalle, Ultvedt. [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylaby] | ||
+ | * Signals Gallery, run by David Medalla and Paul Keeler, London, Aug 1964-1966. | ||
* ''Mouvement 2'', Denise René Gallery, Paris, Dec 1964-Feb 1965. | * ''Mouvement 2'', Denise René Gallery, Paris, Dec 1964-Feb 1965. | ||
* ''Directions in Kinetic Sculpture'', curated by Peter Selz, University Art Gallery, Berkeley, Mar-May 1966, and Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Jun-Jul 1966. | * ''Directions in Kinetic Sculpture'', curated by Peter Selz, University Art Gallery, Berkeley, Mar-May 1966, and Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Jun-Jul 1966. | ||
+ | * ''Indications One'', Indica Gallery, London, May 1966. First exhibition in the gallery. Works by Lygia Clark and others. | ||
* ''In Motion'', curated by Guy Brett, Bear Lane Gallery, Oxford, Oct 1966; Arts Council Gallery, Cambridge, Nov 1966; Art Gallery, Oldham, Dec 1966; City Art Gallery, Leeds, Jan 1967; University, Leicester, Jan-Feb 1967. Works by Bury, Lygia Clark, Colombo, von Graevenitz, Lijn, Medalla, Soto, Takis, Tinguely. | * ''In Motion'', curated by Guy Brett, Bear Lane Gallery, Oxford, Oct 1966; Arts Council Gallery, Cambridge, Nov 1966; Art Gallery, Oldham, Dec 1966; City Art Gallery, Leeds, Jan 1967; University, Leicester, Jan-Feb 1967. Works by Bury, Lygia Clark, Colombo, von Graevenitz, Lijn, Medalla, Soto, Takis, Tinguely. | ||
* ''Kineticism'', curated by Willoughby Sharp, American Abstract Artists, New York, 1966. 1-day exhibition. Works by Agam, Bury, Boriani, Boto, Calder, Haacke, Le Parc, Mack, Piene, Reiback, Soto, Takis, Tinguely, Uecker. | * ''Kineticism'', curated by Willoughby Sharp, American Abstract Artists, New York, 1966. 1-day exhibition. Works by Agam, Bury, Boriani, Boto, Calder, Haacke, Le Parc, Mack, Piene, Reiback, Soto, Takis, Tinguely, Uecker. | ||
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* ''Kineticism: Systems Sculpture in Environmental Situations'' (Official Olympic Games Exhibition), curated by Willoughby Sharp, University Museum of Arts and Science, Mexico City, Jul-Aug 1968. Works by Agam, Breder, Fontana, Haacke, Le Parc, Levine, Lye, Mack, McClanahan, Medalla, Morris, Piene, Soto, Takis, Tinguely, Uecker, Van Saun, Whitman. | * ''Kineticism: Systems Sculpture in Environmental Situations'' (Official Olympic Games Exhibition), curated by Willoughby Sharp, University Museum of Arts and Science, Mexico City, Jul-Aug 1968. Works by Agam, Breder, Fontana, Haacke, Le Parc, Levine, Lye, Mack, McClanahan, Medalla, Morris, Piene, Soto, Takis, Tinguely, Uecker, Van Saun, Whitman. | ||
* ''Kinetics'', Hayward Gallery, London, Sep-Nov 1970. Works by Tinguely, Schoeffer, Paik, Malina, Lijn, Leonelli, and others. | * ''Kinetics'', Hayward Gallery, London, Sep-Nov 1970. Works by Tinguely, Schoeffer, Paik, Malina, Lijn, Leonelli, and others. | ||
+ | * ''Le Cinétisme. Mouvement réel - Mouvement suggéré 1955-1984'', Abbaye Saint-André Centre d'art Contemporain, Meymac, Jul-Dec 1984. [http://www.tobeart.com/Collectifs/Cinetisme-Meymac84.html] | ||
* ''[http://www.msu.hr/#/en/17308/ Constructivism and Kinetic Art / Konstruktivizam i kinetička umjetnost]'', curated by Marijan Susovski, City Gallery, Zagreb, Apr-Jul 1995; Moderna galerija, Rijeka, Jun-Jul 1996. | * ''[http://www.msu.hr/#/en/17308/ Constructivism and Kinetic Art / Konstruktivizam i kinetička umjetnost]'', curated by Marijan Susovski, City Gallery, Zagreb, Apr-Jul 1995; Moderna galerija, Rijeka, Jun-Jul 1996. | ||
* ''Force Fields: Phases of the Kinetic'', curated by Guy Brett, MACBA, Barcelona, Apr-Jun 2000, and Hayward Gallery, London, Jul-Sep 2000. | * ''Force Fields: Phases of the Kinetic'', curated by Guy Brett, MACBA, Barcelona, Apr-Jun 2000, and Hayward Gallery, London, Jul-Sep 2000. | ||
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==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
− | * ''Signals: Newsbulletin of the Centre for Advanced Creative Study'', 10 issues, bi-monthly, ed. David Medalla, London: | + | [[Image:Vasarely_1955_Manifeste_jaune.jpg|thumb|258px|Vasarely, 'Manifeste jaune', 1955. From ''Le Mouvement'' catalogue.]] |
− | * | + | [[Image:Signals_Newsbulletin_1-8_1965.jpg|thumb|258px|''Signals'' 1(8), 1965.]] |
+ | ===Artists' writings=== | ||
+ | ; Periodical | ||
+ | * ''Signals: Newsbulletin of the Centre for Advanced Creative Study'', 10 issues, bi-monthly, ed. David Medalla, London: Centre for Advanced Creative Study, Aug 1964-Mar 1966; facsimile repr., index by Julian Zinovieff, London: Institute of International Visual Arts, 1995. [http://www.ccindex.info/iw/signals/] [http://www.iniva.org/shop/voices_on_art_amp_culture/signals_magazine/gallery/signals_newsbulletin_of_the_c_8] [http://www.iniva.org/shop/voices_on_art_amp_culture/signals_magazine] [http://www.specificobject.com/objects/info.cfm?object_id=17840&inventory_id=20695] Review: [http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1111/1467-8365.00075 Overy] (1997). | ||
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+ | ; Book | ||
+ | * Nicolas Schöffer, ''Le nouvel esprit artistique'', Paris: Denoël, 1970. [http://www.olats.org/schoffer/archives/linouesa.htm] {{fr}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ; Articles | ||
+ | * Vasarely, [[Media:Vasarely_1955_Manifeste_jaune.jpg|"Notes pour un Manifeste"]], in ''Le Mouvement'', Paris: Galerie Denise René, 1955. Known as "Manifeste jaune" [The Yellow Manifesto]. {{fr}} | ||
+ | * George Rickey, "The Morphology of Movement: A Study of Kinetic Art", ''Arts Journal'' 22 (1963), pp 220-231; repr. in ''The Nature and Art of Motion'', ed. Gyorgy Kepes, New York: G. Braziller, 1965. | ||
+ | * Peter Selz, Harry Kramer, Len Lye, George Rickey, Takis, "The Berkeley Symposium of Kinetic Sculpture", ''Art and Artists Magazine'', Feb & Mar 1967; repr. as Peter Selz, ''The Berkeley Symposium of Kinetic Sculpture''. Illustrated transcript of symposium held at University of California at Berkeley, 18 Mar 1966. [http://www.specificobject.com/objects/info.cfm?inventory_id=4007&object_id=4009] | ||
+ | * Vladimir Bonačić, [[Media:Bonacic, Vladimir (1974) - Kinetic Art.pdf|"Kinetic Art: Application of Abstract Algebra to Objects with Computer-Controlled Flashing Lights and Sound Combinations"]], ''Leonardo'' 7:3 (Summer 1974), pp 193-200. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ; Interviews | ||
+ | * Adam Nankervis, [http://moussemagazine.it/articolo.mm?id=707 "A Stitch in Time: David Medalla"], ''Mousse'' 29, Milan, 2011. {{en}}/[http://moussemagazine.it/articolo.mm?lang=it&id=707 {{it}}] | ||
===Catalogues=== | ===Catalogues=== | ||
− | * ''Le Mouvement'', Paris: Galerie Denise René, 1955. A large sheet of yellow paper printed black, folded in four. Texts by Hultén, "Mouvement - Temps ou les quatre dimensions de la PLASTIQUE CINETIQUE" and "Petit Memento des Arts Cinétiques"; R. Bordier, "Cinéma" and "L'Oeuvre Transformable"; Manifesto by V. Vasarely on two pages: "Notes pour un Manifeste", called "le Manifeste | + | * ''Le Mouvement'', Paris: Galerie Denise René, 1955. A large sheet of yellow paper printed black, folded in four. Texts by Hultén, "Mouvement - Temps ou les quatre dimensions de la PLASTIQUE CINETIQUE" and "Petit Memento des Arts Cinétiques"; R. Bordier, "Cinéma" and "L'Oeuvre Transformable"; Manifesto by V. Vasarely on two pages: "Notes pour un Manifeste", called "le Manifeste jaune" [The Yellow Manifesto]. [http://archives.carre.pagesperso-orange.fr/Galerie_Denise_Rene.html] {{fr}} |
− | * ''Rörelse i konsten'', ed. Pontus Hultén, Stockholm: Moderna Museet, 1961. | + | * ''Rörelse i konsten'', ed. Pontus Hultén, intro. Poul Henningsen, Stockholm: Moderna Museet, 1961, 33+[21] pp. Special edition of ''Mobilia''. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84205496] {{dk}}/{{en}}/{{fr}}/{{de}} |
* ''Dylaby: Dynamisch Labyrinth'', Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1962. | * ''Dylaby: Dynamisch Labyrinth'', Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1962. | ||
* ''Mouvement 2'', Paris: Galerie Denise René, 1964, 21 pp. Text by Cassou. {{fr}} [http://antiques.gift/img/p/3/8/7/4/8/1/3/3874813.jpg] [http://archives.carre.pagesperso-orange.fr/Galerie_Denise_Rene.html] | * ''Mouvement 2'', Paris: Galerie Denise René, 1964, 21 pp. Text by Cassou. {{fr}} [http://antiques.gift/img/p/3/8/7/4/8/1/3/3874813.jpg] [http://archives.carre.pagesperso-orange.fr/Galerie_Denise_Rene.html] | ||
* ''Directions in Kinetic Sculpture'', intro. George Rickey, University of California Press, 1966, 78 pp. [http://books.google.com/books?id=YnWTAl3NzU4C&printsec=frontcover] | * ''Directions in Kinetic Sculpture'', intro. George Rickey, University of California Press, 1966, 78 pp. [http://books.google.com/books?id=YnWTAl3NzU4C&printsec=frontcover] | ||
+ | * ''Indications One'', London: Indica, 1966, [6] pp. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/502099606] | ||
* ''In Motion: an Arts Council Exhibition of Kinetic Art'', London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1966, [20] pp. | * ''In Motion: an Arts Council Exhibition of Kinetic Art'', London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1966, [20] pp. | ||
* ''Kineticism'', New York, 1966, 6 pp. With text, "Kineticism" by Willoughby Sharp. | * ''Kineticism'', New York, 1966, 6 pp. With text, "Kineticism" by Willoughby Sharp. | ||
* ''Kinetic and Programmed Art'', Providence: Rhode Island School of Design, 1966, [6] pp. | * ''Kinetic and Programmed Art'', Providence: Rhode Island School of Design, 1966, [6] pp. | ||
+ | * Willoughby Sharp, ''Günther Uecker: 10 Years of a Kineticist's Work'', New York: Kineticism Press, 1966, 96 pp. [http://www.specificobject.com/objects/info.cfm?inventory_id=22736&object_id=19524] | ||
* ''Slow-Motion: An Exhibition of Kinetic Art'', New Jersey: Rutgers University, 1967, 6 pp. With text "Kineticism and Slow-Motion" by Willoughby Sharp. | * ''Slow-Motion: An Exhibition of Kinetic Art'', New Jersey: Rutgers University, 1967, 6 pp. With text "Kineticism and Slow-Motion" by Willoughby Sharp. | ||
* ''Light/Motion/Space'', Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1967, 36 pp. With text, "Luminism: Notes Toward an Understanding Of Light Art" by Willoughby Sharp. | * ''Light/Motion/Space'', Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1967, 36 pp. With text, "Luminism: Notes Toward an Understanding Of Light Art" by Willoughby Sharp. | ||
* ''Kineticism: Systems Sculpture in Environmental Situations / Cinetismo: esculturas electrónicas en situaciones ambientales'', Mexico City: University Museum of Art and Science, 1968, 55 pp. Text by Willoughby Sharp. {{en}}/{{es}} | * ''Kineticism: Systems Sculpture in Environmental Situations / Cinetismo: esculturas electrónicas en situaciones ambientales'', Mexico City: University Museum of Art and Science, 1968, 55 pp. Text by Willoughby Sharp. {{en}}/{{es}} | ||
* ''Kinetics'', London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1970, [76] pp. | * ''Kinetics'', London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1970, [76] pp. | ||
+ | * ''Le Cinétisme. Mouvement réel - Mouvement suggéré 1955-1984'', Meymac: Abbaye Saint-André Centre d'art Contemporain, 1984, 28 pp. Vasarely's 1955 manifesto, text by Jean-Paul Blanchet. [http://www.tobeart.com/Collectifs/Cinetisme-Meymac84.html] | ||
* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=7213 Constructivism and Kinetic Art: Exat 51, New Tendencies / Konstruktivizam i kinetička umjetnost]'', ed. Marijan Susovski, Zagreb: City Gallery, 1995, 154 pp. Texts by Leonida Kovac, Marijan Susovski. {{en}}/{{cr}} | * ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=7213 Constructivism and Kinetic Art: Exat 51, New Tendencies / Konstruktivizam i kinetička umjetnost]'', ed. Marijan Susovski, Zagreb: City Gallery, 1995, 154 pp. Texts by Leonida Kovac, Marijan Susovski. {{en}}/{{cr}} | ||
− | * Guy Brett, Suzanne Cotter (eds.), ''Force Fields: Phases of the Kinetic'', Barcelona: ACTAR and MACBA, 2000, 334 pp. [http://www.actar.com/index.php?option=com_dbquery&task=ExecuteQuery&qid=2&idllibre=688&lang=en] [http://www.macba.cat/en/force-fields-phases-of-the-kinetic] | + | * Guy Brett, Suzanne Cotter (eds.), ''Force Fields: Phases of the Kinetic'', London: Hayward Gallery, and Barcelona: ACTAR and MACBA, 2000, 334 pp. [http://www.actar.com/index.php?option=com_dbquery&task=ExecuteQuery&qid=2&idllibre=688&lang=en] [http://www.macba.cat/en/force-fields-phases-of-the-kinetic] |
* ''[http://sydney.edu.au/museums/images/content/exhibitions-events/vibration/vibration-catalogue.pdf Vibração, Vibración: Latin American Kinetic Art of the 1960s and '70s]'', Sydney: University of Sydney, 2012, 8 pp. | * ''[http://sydney.edu.au/museums/images/content/exhibitions-events/vibration/vibration-catalogue.pdf Vibração, Vibración: Latin American Kinetic Art of the 1960s and '70s]'', Sydney: University of Sydney, 2012, 8 pp. | ||
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** ''Arte, acción y participación: el artista y la creatividad hoy'', trans. Eduardo Bajo, Madrid: Akal, 1989, 314 pp. {{es}} | ** ''Arte, acción y participación: el artista y la creatividad hoy'', trans. Eduardo Bajo, Madrid: Akal, 1989, 314 pp. {{es}} | ||
* Frank Popper, ''Die kinetische Kunst: Licht und Bewegung, Umweltkunst und Aktion'', Cologne: DuMont Schauberg, 1975, 205 pp. {{de}} | * Frank Popper, ''Die kinetische Kunst: Licht und Bewegung, Umweltkunst und Aktion'', Cologne: DuMont Schauberg, 1975, 205 pp. {{de}} | ||
+ | * Pamela Lee, ''[http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=15E7EDB1468495347E9DA74111178963 Chronophobia: On Time in the Art of the 1960s]'', MIT Press, 2004. | ||
+ | * Margit Rosen (ed.), ''A Little-Known Story About A Movement, A Magazine, And The Computer’s Arrival In Art: New Tendencies and Bit International, 1961–1973'', The MIT Press, 2011. [http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/little-known-story-about-movement-magazine-and-computer%E2%80%99s-arrival-art] | ||
; Articles | ; Articles | ||
− | * | + | * Pontus Hultén, "La liberté substitutive ou le mouvement en art et la méta-mécanique de Tinguely", 1955; repr. in ''Tinguely'', Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, pp. 32-35. {{fr}} |
+ | ** "Den föreställande friheteneller om rörelse i konsten och Tinguelys metamekanik", ''Kasark'' 2 (Oct 1955). {{sw}} | ||
* Frank Popper, "Kinetic Art and Our Environment", ''Granta'' 69:1235, 25 Apr 1964, pp 12-13. | * Frank Popper, "Kinetic Art and Our Environment", ''Granta'' 69:1235, 25 Apr 1964, pp 12-13. | ||
− | * | + | * Katharine Kuh, "Recent Kinetic Art", in ''The Nature and Art of Motion'', ed. Gyorgy Kepes, New York: G. Braziller, 1965. |
+ | * Richard Kostelanetz, [https://books.google.com/books?id=qlK7uHg2Dh8C&pg=PT355 "Kinetic Art"], in Kostelanetz, ''A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes'', 2nd ed., New York: Schirmer, 2000, pp 340-341. | ||
+ | * Carmen Juliá, [http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/you-saw-it-here-first "You saw it here first: Gallery One, New Vision Centre, Signals and Indica at Tate Britain"], ''Tate Etc.'' 24 (Spring 2012). [http://centrefortheaestheticrevolution.blogspot.com/2012/03/avant-garde-international-galleries-in.html] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ; Dossier | ||
+ | * [http://mediation.centrepompidou.fr/education/ressources/ENS-cinetique/ENS-cinetique.html "Art cinétique"], ''Centre Pompidou'', 2010. Text by Norbert Godon. {{fr}} | ||
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Revision as of 12:31, 19 April 2015
Also kineticism, art cinétique, Kinetische Kunst.
Contents
Artists
- Yaacov Agam
- Vladimir Bonačić
- Martha Boto
- Guy Brett
- Feliza Bursztyn
- Pol Bury
- Alexander Calder
- Carlos Cruz-Diez
- Milan Dobeš
- Dvizhenie
- Naum Gabo
- Gego
- Groupe de Recherche d'Art Visuel
- Gyula Kosice
- Liliane Lijn
- David Medalla
- László Moholy-Nagy
- Heinrich Anton Müller
- New Tendencies
- Zdeněk Pešánek
- Nicolas Schöffer
- Willoughby Sharp
- Jesús Rafael Soto
- Aleksandar Srnec
- Syntéza
- Takis
- Jean Tinguely
- Wen-Ying Tsai
- Zero
- Stanislav Zippe
Exhibitions
- Mouvement, curated by Denise René and Pontus Hultén, Denise René Gallery, Paris, Apr 1955. Works by Agam, Bury, Calder, Duchamp, Jacobsen, Soto, Tinguely, Vasarely.
- Bewogen Beweging / Rörelse i konsten / Bevægelse i kunsten [Movement in Art], curated by Pontus Hultén, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Mar-Apr 1961; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, May-Sep 1961; Louisiana, Humlebæk, 1961-62. In collaboration with Billy Klüver and Daniel Spoerri; 233 works by 83 artists from 18 countries. [3] [4] [5] [6]
- Dylaby: Dynamisch Labyrinth, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Aug-Sep 1962. Works by Tinguely, Spoerri, Rauschenberg, Raysse, Phalle, Ultvedt. [7]
- Signals Gallery, run by David Medalla and Paul Keeler, London, Aug 1964-1966.
- Mouvement 2, Denise René Gallery, Paris, Dec 1964-Feb 1965.
- Directions in Kinetic Sculpture, curated by Peter Selz, University Art Gallery, Berkeley, Mar-May 1966, and Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Jun-Jul 1966.
- Indications One, Indica Gallery, London, May 1966. First exhibition in the gallery. Works by Lygia Clark and others.
- In Motion, curated by Guy Brett, Bear Lane Gallery, Oxford, Oct 1966; Arts Council Gallery, Cambridge, Nov 1966; Art Gallery, Oldham, Dec 1966; City Art Gallery, Leeds, Jan 1967; University, Leicester, Jan-Feb 1967. Works by Bury, Lygia Clark, Colombo, von Graevenitz, Lijn, Medalla, Soto, Takis, Tinguely.
- Kineticism, curated by Willoughby Sharp, American Abstract Artists, New York, 1966. 1-day exhibition. Works by Agam, Bury, Boriani, Boto, Calder, Haacke, Le Parc, Mack, Piene, Reiback, Soto, Takis, Tinguely, Uecker.
- Kinetic and Programmed Art, curated by Willoughby Sharp, Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art, Providence, Nov-Dec 1966. Works by Boriani, Breer, Haacke, Jones, Lye, Le Parc, Machlin, Paik, Piene, Rickey, Tadlock, Takis.
- Slow-Motion, curated by Willoughby Sharp, Rutgers University, New Jersey, Jan-Feb 1967. Works by Asis, Boriani, Breer, Bury, Calder, Colombo, Duchamp, Haacke, Mack, Munari, Ray, Rickey, Salvadori, Sonnier, Soto, Takis, Tinguely, Uecker, USCO, Van Saun, de Vecchi.
- Light/Motion/Space, curated by Willoughby Sharp, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Apr-May 1967; Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, Jun-Jul 1967. 60+ works by 42 artists, including Antonakis, Berns, Boriani, Boto, Chryssa, Goodyear, Le Parc, Mack, McClanahan, Mefferd, Paik, Palatnick, Piene, Raysse, Tadlock, Takis, Uecker, Van Saun, Larrain. [8]
- Vom Konstruktivismus zur Kinetik, 1917 bis 1967, curated by Denise René, Hans Mayer Gallery, Krefeld, Jun-Oct 1967.
- Kinetic Environments One & Two, curated by Willoughby Sharp, Central Park, New York, 23 Jul & 29 Oct 1967. Works by Haacke, Hogle, Larrain, McClanahan, Ross, Sharp, Van Saun.
- Kineticism: Systems Sculpture in Environmental Situations (Official Olympic Games Exhibition), curated by Willoughby Sharp, University Museum of Arts and Science, Mexico City, Jul-Aug 1968. Works by Agam, Breder, Fontana, Haacke, Le Parc, Levine, Lye, Mack, McClanahan, Medalla, Morris, Piene, Soto, Takis, Tinguely, Uecker, Van Saun, Whitman.
- Kinetics, Hayward Gallery, London, Sep-Nov 1970. Works by Tinguely, Schoeffer, Paik, Malina, Lijn, Leonelli, and others.
- Le Cinétisme. Mouvement réel - Mouvement suggéré 1955-1984, Abbaye Saint-André Centre d'art Contemporain, Meymac, Jul-Dec 1984. [9]
- Constructivism and Kinetic Art / Konstruktivizam i kinetička umjetnost, curated by Marijan Susovski, City Gallery, Zagreb, Apr-Jul 1995; Moderna galerija, Rijeka, Jun-Jul 1996.
- Force Fields: Phases of the Kinetic, curated by Guy Brett, MACBA, Barcelona, Apr-Jun 2000, and Hayward Gallery, London, Jul-Sep 2000.
- Kinetic, University Art Gallery, Sydney, Jun-Aug 2005.
- Vibration, Vibração, Vibración: Latin American Kinetic Art of the 1960s and '70s, curated by Susan Best, University Art Gallery, Sydney, Jul-Sep 2012.
Publications
Artists' writings
- Periodical
- Signals: Newsbulletin of the Centre for Advanced Creative Study, 10 issues, bi-monthly, ed. David Medalla, London: Centre for Advanced Creative Study, Aug 1964-Mar 1966; facsimile repr., index by Julian Zinovieff, London: Institute of International Visual Arts, 1995. [10] [11] [12] [13] Review: Overy (1997).
- Book
- Nicolas Schöffer, Le nouvel esprit artistique, Paris: Denoël, 1970. [14] (French)
- Articles
- Vasarely, "Notes pour un Manifeste", in Le Mouvement, Paris: Galerie Denise René, 1955. Known as "Manifeste jaune" [The Yellow Manifesto]. (French)
- George Rickey, "The Morphology of Movement: A Study of Kinetic Art", Arts Journal 22 (1963), pp 220-231; repr. in The Nature and Art of Motion, ed. Gyorgy Kepes, New York: G. Braziller, 1965.
- Peter Selz, Harry Kramer, Len Lye, George Rickey, Takis, "The Berkeley Symposium of Kinetic Sculpture", Art and Artists Magazine, Feb & Mar 1967; repr. as Peter Selz, The Berkeley Symposium of Kinetic Sculpture. Illustrated transcript of symposium held at University of California at Berkeley, 18 Mar 1966. [15]
- Vladimir Bonačić, "Kinetic Art: Application of Abstract Algebra to Objects with Computer-Controlled Flashing Lights and Sound Combinations", Leonardo 7:3 (Summer 1974), pp 193-200.
- Interviews
- Adam Nankervis, "A Stitch in Time: David Medalla", Mousse 29, Milan, 2011. (English)/(Italian)
Catalogues
- Le Mouvement, Paris: Galerie Denise René, 1955. A large sheet of yellow paper printed black, folded in four. Texts by Hultén, "Mouvement - Temps ou les quatre dimensions de la PLASTIQUE CINETIQUE" and "Petit Memento des Arts Cinétiques"; R. Bordier, "Cinéma" and "L'Oeuvre Transformable"; Manifesto by V. Vasarely on two pages: "Notes pour un Manifeste", called "le Manifeste jaune" [The Yellow Manifesto]. [16] (French)
- Rörelse i konsten, ed. Pontus Hultén, intro. Poul Henningsen, Stockholm: Moderna Museet, 1961, 33+[21] pp. Special edition of Mobilia. [17] (Danish)/(English)/(French)/(German)
- Dylaby: Dynamisch Labyrinth, Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1962.
- Mouvement 2, Paris: Galerie Denise René, 1964, 21 pp. Text by Cassou. (French) [18] [19]
- Directions in Kinetic Sculpture, intro. George Rickey, University of California Press, 1966, 78 pp. [20]
- Indications One, London: Indica, 1966, [6] pp. [21]
- In Motion: an Arts Council Exhibition of Kinetic Art, London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1966, [20] pp.
- Kineticism, New York, 1966, 6 pp. With text, "Kineticism" by Willoughby Sharp.
- Kinetic and Programmed Art, Providence: Rhode Island School of Design, 1966, [6] pp.
- Willoughby Sharp, Günther Uecker: 10 Years of a Kineticist's Work, New York: Kineticism Press, 1966, 96 pp. [22]
- Slow-Motion: An Exhibition of Kinetic Art, New Jersey: Rutgers University, 1967, 6 pp. With text "Kineticism and Slow-Motion" by Willoughby Sharp.
- Light/Motion/Space, Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1967, 36 pp. With text, "Luminism: Notes Toward an Understanding Of Light Art" by Willoughby Sharp.
- Kineticism: Systems Sculpture in Environmental Situations / Cinetismo: esculturas electrónicas en situaciones ambientales, Mexico City: University Museum of Art and Science, 1968, 55 pp. Text by Willoughby Sharp. (English)/(Spanish)
- Kinetics, London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1970, [76] pp.
- Le Cinétisme. Mouvement réel - Mouvement suggéré 1955-1984, Meymac: Abbaye Saint-André Centre d'art Contemporain, 1984, 28 pp. Vasarely's 1955 manifesto, text by Jean-Paul Blanchet. [23]
- Constructivism and Kinetic Art: Exat 51, New Tendencies / Konstruktivizam i kinetička umjetnost, ed. Marijan Susovski, Zagreb: City Gallery, 1995, 154 pp. Texts by Leonida Kovac, Marijan Susovski. (English)/(Croatian)
- Guy Brett, Suzanne Cotter (eds.), Force Fields: Phases of the Kinetic, London: Hayward Gallery, and Barcelona: ACTAR and MACBA, 2000, 334 pp. [24] [25]
- Vibração, Vibración: Latin American Kinetic Art of the 1960s and '70s, Sydney: University of Sydney, 2012, 8 pp.
Art history and theory
- Books
- Stephen Bann, Reg Gadney, Frank Popper, Philip Steadman, Kinetic Art: Four Essays, St. Albans: Motion Books, 1966, 70 pp.
- Frank Popper, Naissance de l'art cinétique: l'image du mouvement dans les arts plastiques depuis 1860, pref. Étienne Souriau, Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1967, xiv+227 pp; 2nd ed., rev. & augm., as L'art cinetique, Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1970, 301 pp. [26] (French)
- Origins and Developments of Kinetic Art, trans. Stephen Bann, New York: New York Graphic Society, 1968; London: Studio Vista, 1968.
- L'arte cinetica: l'immagine del movimento nelle arti plastiche dopo il 1860, Turin: Einaudi, 1970, xix+355 pp. (Italian)
- Los orígenes del arte cinético y el movimiento virtual, trans. Julieta Sucre, México: Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas, 19??, 36 pp. (Spanish)
- Guy Brett, Kinetic Art, the Language of Movement, London and New York: Studio Vista/Reinhold, 1968, 95 pp.
- John Tovey, The Technique of Kinetic Art, London: Batsford, 1971, 144 pp; New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1971.
- Jonathan Benthall, Science and Technology in Art Today, London: Thames and Hudson, 1972.
- E. de Bértola, El arte cinético: el movimiento y la transformación: análisis perceptivo y funcional, Buenos Aires: Nueva Visión, 1973, 218 pp. (Spanish)
- Frank J. Malina (ed.), Kinetic Art: Theory and Practice. Selections from the Journal Leonardo, New York: Dover Publications, 1974, 244 pp.
- Frank Popper, Art—Action and Participation, New York University Press, 1975; London: Studio Vista, 1975.
- Art, action et participation: l'artiste et la créativité aujourd'hui, Paris: Klincksieck, 1980, 368 pp. (French)
- Arte, acción y participación: el artista y la creatividad hoy, trans. Eduardo Bajo, Madrid: Akal, 1989, 314 pp. (Spanish)
- Frank Popper, Die kinetische Kunst: Licht und Bewegung, Umweltkunst und Aktion, Cologne: DuMont Schauberg, 1975, 205 pp. (German)
- Pamela Lee, Chronophobia: On Time in the Art of the 1960s, MIT Press, 2004.
- Margit Rosen (ed.), A Little-Known Story About A Movement, A Magazine, And The Computer’s Arrival In Art: New Tendencies and Bit International, 1961–1973, The MIT Press, 2011. [27]
- Articles
- Pontus Hultén, "La liberté substitutive ou le mouvement en art et la méta-mécanique de Tinguely", 1955; repr. in Tinguely, Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, pp. 32-35. (French)
- "Den föreställande friheteneller om rörelse i konsten och Tinguelys metamekanik", Kasark 2 (Oct 1955). (Swedish)
- Frank Popper, "Kinetic Art and Our Environment", Granta 69:1235, 25 Apr 1964, pp 12-13.
- Katharine Kuh, "Recent Kinetic Art", in The Nature and Art of Motion, ed. Gyorgy Kepes, New York: G. Braziller, 1965.
- Richard Kostelanetz, "Kinetic Art", in Kostelanetz, A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes, 2nd ed., New York: Schirmer, 2000, pp 340-341.
- Carmen Juliá, "You saw it here first: Gallery One, New Vision Centre, Signals and Indica at Tate Britain", Tate Etc. 24 (Spring 2012). [28]
- Dossier
- "Art cinétique", Centre Pompidou, 2010. Text by Norbert Godon. (French)
- Audio
- Guy Brett on kinetic art, interviewed by Linda Sandino, 29 min.
- Bibliographies
See also
- Kinetic art in East-Central Europe.
- Further bibliography.
- Light art