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TRACES: Takis

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Takis (25/10/1925-8/8/2019 ), among the leading kinetic artists, Takis (Panagiotis Vassilakis) has created a pioneering body of sculptures, performances, and sound pieces focused on electromagnetism, a force with which he has been fascinated since the beginning of his career. On the occasion …

Takis, Magnetic Wall 9 (Red) 1961, Acrylic paint on canvas, magnets, metal, cloth, nylon thread, 180 × 220 × 10 cm, Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne – Centre de création industrielle, Paris, © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2019, Photo: Georges Meguerditchian

ART-PRESENTATION: Takis

Over a 70-year career, Takis (Panayiotis Vassilakis) has created some of the most innovative art of the 20th Century. A sculptor of …

Takis, Magnetic Wall 9 (Red), 1961, Acrylic paint on canvas, magnets, metal, cloth, nylon thread, 180 × 220 × 10 cm, Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne – Centre de création industrielle-Paris, © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2019, Photo: Georges Meguerditchian

ART-TRIBUTE:Takis

Over a 70-year career, Takis (Panayiotis Vassilakis) has created some of the most innovative art of the 20th Century. A sculptor of …

Takis, Magnetic Wall - The 4th Dimension, 2015, Painted canvas, magnets, iron wires, 100 x 150 x 6 cm, Photo: Annik Wetter, Courtesy de l’artiste et Galerie Xippas-Paris

ART CITIES:Paris-Takis

An inventor as much as an artist, an “Intuitive Scientist” as he defines himself, a contemporary avant-garde artist but also a scientific …