telemagnetic sculptureIt was made by the Greek sculptor Panayoitis Vassilakis. rhinestones, the new guest of MACA. This work, which will be exhibited in this program created in 2011, dated 1960 and made of chrome steel, magnet, needles and nylon thread.
The sculpture comes from the artist’s private collection. Josep Pedros and Ginestar, Who was Takis’ personal assistant in Paris? This artist is one of the most interesting and unknown artists in the world. kinetic pioneer He lives in Paris in the middle of the 20th century.
His innovative and dynamic work connects art and science, exploring the relationship between ordinary objects and the energies that move and control them, such as magnetic fields, gravity, light and sound. holding magnets hanging needles Working with the invisible forces of nature to make visible an invisible world that, in Takis’s words, is simply pure thought.
His works are in the permanent collections of some of the world’s most important museums. George Pompidou Center Paris Contemporary Art mom and Guggenheim Museum in New York, Houston De Menil Collection, The Tate Modern in London and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice.
Returning to Greece in 1986, the artist is here. Arts and Science Research Center -known as Takis Foundation On the Gerovouno hill in Athens. The purpose of the foundation was to officially inaugurate in 1993. promoting awareness and appreciation of the visual arts To the general public, as well as to provide services and support arts education programs.
Cultural Council MemberAntonio Manresa, “We’re talking about a unique piece of work by an artist at the forefront of kinetics that the visitor can enjoy,” he emphasized.
guest track program
With this exhibition program guest piece, MACA aims to bring the public closer jobs temporarily transferred by other institutions and they take on a new meaning when presented in the museum as an exhibition of a single work in the context of a permanent collection.
this 20th Century Art Collection an enriching invitation program due to its extensive list of artists, the diversity of historical artifacts and the numerous aesthetic moments represented. Specific works that are shown immersed in the museum’s exhibition context in dialogue, discussion, contiguity or contradiction.
MACA, since its establishment in 2011, 15 guest pieces.