Jean Tinguely

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Jean Tinguely (22 May 1925 in Fribourg, Switzerland – 30 August 1991 in Bern) was a Swiss painter and sculptor. He is best known for his sculptural machines or kinetic art, in the Dada tradition; known officially as metamechanics. Tinguely's art satirized the mindless overproduction of material goods in advanced industrial society. He also released a few records of noise/sound art music. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jean+Tinguely">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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5 total works indexed

1. Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis

   · 2012 · cited 65,142x

2. Situated Learning

   · 1991 · cited 29,954x

3. The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)

   · 2016 · cited 22,934x

4. The ERA5 global reanalysis

   · 2020 · cited 22,817x

5. Numerical integration of the cartesian equations of motion of a system with constraints: molecular dynamics of n-alkanes

   · 1977 · cited 19,650x

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Quotes

• “THE ONLY STABLE THING IS MOVEMENT”
• “They'll all pee blue for one week to ten days, for about the duration of the show. The first opening I've enjoyed!”
• “The relationship of art and play: to play is art - consequently I play. I play enraged.”
• “Static, static, static! Be static! Be static! Movement is static! Movement is static! Movement is static because it is the only immutable thing - the only certainty, the only unchangeable. The only certainty is that movement is static.”
• “Only in movement do we find the true essence of things. Today we can no longer believe in permanent laws, defined religions, durable architecture or eternal kingdoms. Immutability does not exist. All is movement. All is static.”
• “We are afraid of movement because it stands for decomposition – because we see our desintegration in movement. Continuous static movement marches on ! It cannot be stopped. We are fooling ourselves if we close our eyes and refuse to recognize the change. Actually, decomposition does not exist! Decomposition does not exist ! Decomposition is a state envisaged only by us because we do not want it to exist, and because we dread it.”

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Key facts

Born

( 1925-05-22 ) 22 May 1925, Fribourg , Switzerland

Died

30 August 1991 (1991-08-30) (aged 66), Bern , Switzerland

Known for

Painting , Sculpture

Spouses

Eva Aeppli (1951–1960) Niki de Saint Phalle (1971–1991)

Partner

Milena Palakarkina (1986–1991)

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Portrait of Jean Tinguely, 1961.jpg

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