"Méta"
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"Méta"
Artist
Jean Tinguely
(Swiss, 1925-1991)
Publisher
Pierre Horay, Paris, 1973 (1st ed. 1972)
Binder
Norden, Malmö
Author
K.G. (Karl Gunnar) Pontus Hultén
(born 1924)
Author
Pontus Hultén
(1924-2006)
Date1973
MediumOriginal painting: painting executed by Tinguely's machine "Meta-matic no. 6", on white card stock.
Reproductions: photolithographs of drawings, diagrams, photographs, and newspaper clippings, some in colors.
Text: photolithography.
Paper: coated white wove Bergishe Gladback paper, and transparent vellum (?).
ClassificationBooks
Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss
Object number
1984.1133
Not on View
Collections
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Splendid Pages: The Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustrated Books, Feb. 14--May 11, 2003.Label TextJean Tinguely, Méta. Text by K.G. Pontus Hultén (1973) Jean Tinguely is both famous and notorious for producing massive self-destructing machine-like sculptures, all of which he called Méta. One such machine was composed of 80 wheels from bicycles, carriages, and toys as well as a bath tub, piano, bell, car horn, and other items, and was powered by 15 motors. The Méta constructions offered various results—some smashed porcelain, one clubbed a toy bear, and some painted or drew ‘art’. Tinguely shared the Dadaist belief that art should be based on chance. He was most influenced by Kurt Schwitters’ massive and ever growing installation sculptures, and by Francis Picabia’s machine imagery. This book by Tinguely comes housed in its own suitcase. The case is illustrated with images suggestive of the Méta machines. The contents of the book include an original painting created by one of Tinguely’s machines, “Meta-matic no. 6.” The book also chronicles some of Tinguely’s other Méta projects with reproductions of diagrams, drawings, and photographs.- Works on Paper
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