"Wearable robotics and
kinetic art demonstrate how robotic muscles can have fun and beautiful applications.
Caption: The Yaacov Agam Museum of Art has an asymmetric canopy over the entrance and exhibits works of the
Kinetic ArtToday, the 62-year old Dutch artist is well-known for his contemporary interpretation of
kinetic art that combines traditional art forms such as painting and sculpture with engineering and latest digital technology.
The first thing you encounter in 'Action-Reaction: too Years of
Kinetic Art' is a full-size version of Heinz Mack's Mechanisches Ballett (1966-2015).
While Monir's
kinetic art installations are another pit stop in the artist's ever-changing experimentations with mixed media, you can see her roots in Islamic cosmology, mathematics and Sufi mysticism.
The exhibition continues Farmanfarmaian's exploration of math, Islamic cosmology, and Sufi mysticism (the title comes from a Rumi poem) but also introduces an entirely new practice for the artist, as she experiments with
kinetic art for the first time.
Inspired by the new branding of Longchamp boutiques which mixes prisms and
kinetic art, the Prismatic line stands out with its graphical sophistication.
Avoiding any one category, her reflective and poetic art is rooted in a personal and singular interpretation of Pop and
kinetic art, expanding toward conceptual and process-related ways of working.
What is
kinetic art? Kinetic artis art from any medium that contains movement perceivable by the viewer or depends on motion for its effect.
And so, when I ran into Bernie Lubell at the Contemporary Jewish Museum's Contraption exhibit, fiddling with his
kinetic art installation "Theory of Entanglement," it became clear that Lubell's "machine," at once sophisticated and fragile, is far more human-like than the traditional art forms I grew accustomed to encountering in a museum setting.
Or perhaps it's the movie theater, XBox 360 station, or
kinetic art installation of 1,216 aluminum and copper raindrops.
"In 1965 I decided to develop my
kinetic art and did that until 1995.