Anthony Howe & kinetic art

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Kinetic ArtKinetic Art

AP 3D

Catrina Chen

Kinetic art

• Any medium

• Contains perceivable movement or depends on motion for its effect

• Mostly refers to 3D sculpture that move naturally or propelled by machine

Kinetic art (cont.)

• Virtual movement– Movement perceived from only certain angles

or sections

• Apparent movement– Movement created by motors or machines

Kinetic art (cont.)

• 1800s Impressionism– Challenge photography– Tried to be more “lifelike”

Edgar Degas, 1877–1880, At the Races,

Kinetic art (cont.)

• Albert Gleizes– Cubism – "normal evolution of

an art that was mobile like life itself."

1912, L'Homme au Balcon, Man on a Balcony (Portrait of Dr. Théo Morinaud)

Kinetic art (cont.)• Naum Gabo• Max Bill

Max Bill, 1935-1936, Construction with Suspended Cube

Naum Gabo, 1919-1920, Kinetic Construction (Standing Wave)

Kinetic art (cont.)

• Mobiles

Alexander Rodchenko, 1920

Alexander Calder, 1956, Red Mobile

Kinetic art (cont.)

• Action Painting

• Op art

• Criticized in the 60s

Anthony Howe• 1954 born in Salt Lake City, Utah• 1973 - 1978 Attends Cornell Univ

ersity and Skowhegan School of Sculpture and Painting

• Paints pastoral landscapes for five years

• 1985 Move to 511 W. 25th St, NY, NY

• 1989 Begins constructing kinetic sculpture

• 1994 Moves to Orcas Island, Washington

• 2002-2003 Winner of Kinetic.org sculpture competition.

1990-1996

1997-2002

2003

2004-2005

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RshSaF_juGs