Summary
One of the most playful, innovative and eccentric artists of Postwar Europe, Takis (b.1925, Athens) was a catalysing figure in the artistic and literary circles of Paris, London and New York from the 1950s onward. Pioneering a variety of sculpture, painting and musical structures, Takis made works that harness invisible natural forces. Perhaps best known are his innovative ‘telemagnetic’ works, begun in the late 1950s using everyday metallic objects that float in space through the use of magn…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849766319 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1849766312 |
| Author: | Guy Brett |
| Publisher: | Tate Publishing |
| Imprint: | Tate Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 8 September 2019 |
| Weight: | 600g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 252mm |
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Guy Brett
Guy Brett is one of the UK’s foremost art writers and curators of kinetic art. Michael Wellen is Curator, International Art, Tate Modern, London Melissa Warak is a curatorial fellow at the Menil Collection, Houston, and a leading expert on Takis in the United States.
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