Cybernetic Sculpture
Cybernetic Sculpture

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Cybernetic Sculpture
Cybernetic Sculpture

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Cybernetic Sculpture,

1969

Wen-Ying Tsai, 1928–2013; born XIamen, China; died New York, NY
y1973-101
Kinetic art in the Forbes Collection exemplifies the period of technological idealism that followed World War II, leading artists to experiment with electricity and industrial materials to develop work that could transcend the idea of artistic medium and recenter the meaning of art in the perceptual experience of the viewer. Additionally, this practice presages the increasing globalization of the art world in the second half of the twentieth century and the diasporic experience of artists from Europe and Latin America following the war.

Information

Title
Cybernetic Sculpture
Dates

1969

Maker
Wen-Ying Tsai
Medium
Steel rods and metal plates
Dimensions
116.5 × 59 × 42 cm (45 7/8 × 23 1/4 × 16 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of The Forbes Magazine Collection
Object Number
y1973-101
Description
Vertical, flexible steel rods, each topped with square plate, on plate-like base.
Culture
American
Type
sculpture
Materials
steel

[Howard Wise Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to The Forbes Magazine Collection, New York, New York, gift; to Princeton University Art Museum, 1973.

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