Milan Dobeš

Milan Dobeš (1929, Přerov) is a constructivist and kinetic artist. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava.

Dobeš created dynamic constructivist works, in parallel with the international movement of this tendency by exponents such as Le Parc, Morellet and Soto; took part in formative international exhibitions such as Kunst-Licht-Kunst (Eindhoven, 1966), Konstruktive Tendenzen (Nürnberg, 1968) and New Tendencies 5 (1973), as well as the Documenta 4 exhibition in Kassel; and which did not go unnoticed by the leading critics and theorists of the day (those writing on Dobeš's work include F. Popper, U. Kultermann and O. Bihalji-Merin).

Selected works

• The Pulsating Rhythm, 1963. Sound manipulated on the basis of the synchronization of impulses.
• In 1971 Dobeš wrote a light-kinetic programme for the American Wind Symphony Orchestra to accompany compositions by T. Mayazumi and Krzysztof Penderecki (a series of concerts in the United States).

Publications

• "Svetlo ako výtvarný materiál", 1973; repr. in Milan Dobeš, ed. Jozef Ruttkay, Bratislava, 1994, pp 183-187. (Slovak)
• "Dynamický konštruktivizmus", Bratislava, 1988; repr. in Milan Dobeš, ed. Jozef Ruttkay, Bratislava, 1994, pp 193-194. (Slovak)

See also

• Slovakia#Geometric abstraction, Neo-constructivism, Op art, Kinetic art
• Slovakia#Sound art (1960s-2000s)

Links

• Milan Dobeš Museum
• Dobeš in CEAD database
• Wikipedia-DE