Quote of the day
Men were only made into "men" with great difficulty even in primitive society: the male is not naturally "a man" any more than the woman. He has to be propped up into that position with some ingenuity, and is always likely to collapse.
Jean Tinguely
Born: May 22, 1925
Died: August 30, 1991 (aged 66)
Bio: Jean Tinguely 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.
Known for:
- Fragment from Homage to New York (1960)
- Chaos I (1974)
- Stravinsky Fountain (1983)
- Frigo Duchamp (1960)
- Le soulier de Madame Lacasse (1960)
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