Directions in Kinetic Sculpture: From George Rickey to Jean Tinguely

ATC@UCB:
The Spring 2004 ATC Series is dedicated the memory of Billy Kluver.

Directions in Kinetic Sculpture: From George Rickey to Jean Tinguely
Peter Selz, Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley

The Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium
Mon, 23 February, 7:30-9:30pm: UC Berkeley,
Location: 160 Kroeber Hall
All ATC Lectures are free and open to the public.

Questions of art as representation have long been challenged by
science and technology. Laszlo Moholy-Nagy wrote in "Vision of
Motion" (1922), that artists must replace the static principles of
classical art with dynamic principles from life. Duchamp and Gabo
experimented with new visual forms based on scientific discussions of
space and time, and kinetic artists viewed movement itself as a new
medium.

Peter Selz, Professor Emeritus of Art History at UC Berkeley, will
describe his roles as professor in Moholy-Nagy's New Bauhaus School,
curator of Jean Tinguely's momentous "Homage to New York" (1960) at NY
MOMA, founding director of the Berkeley Art Museum, and curator of the
pioneering exhibition, "Directions of Kinetic Sculpture" (1966). He
will screen two rare historic films based on these exhibits and
discuss problems that remain at the intersection of art, science, and
technology.

After receiving his PhD from the University of Chicago and teaching at
the Institute of Design, Peter Selz was appointed Chief Curator of
Painting and Sculpture at NY MOMA, where he sponsored Tinguely's
controversial self-destroying artwork. Later, he became Founding
Director of the Berkeley Art Museum. Prof. Selz has authored many
reviews and articles including 15 books on 20th Century Art, from
"German Expressionist Painting (1957) to "The Art of Engagement"
(2005).

Prof. Emeritus Jim Melchert will introduce Peter.

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The ATC Colloquium continues our partnership with the Berkeley Art
Museum to present online video of ATC talks, available both in
QuickTime (highlights) or MP3 audio. For links and the full 2003-2004
series schedule, please see:

http://www.ieor.berkeley.edu/~goldberg/lecs/
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