Milan Dobeš
Born 1929 in Přerov. Pioneer of constructivist and kinetic art in the-then Czechoslovakia, and his contribution to that type of art is recognized within a wider context. Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava. He has exhibited at all the major exhibitions of constructivist and kinetic art in Europe and internationally, including New Tendencies 5 (1973) and Constructivism and Kinetic Art (1995) exhibitions.
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, 1968) and Konstruktive Tendenzen (Nürnberg, 1968), 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 special light-kinetic program for the American Wind Symphony Orchestra to accompany symphonic compositions by T. Mayazumi and Krzysztof Penderecki (a series of concerts in the United States).
See also
- Slovakia#Geometric abstraction, Neo-constructivism, Op art, Kinetic art
- Slovakia#Sound art (1960s-2000s)
