Tinguely’s Utopia in Basel Museum

Visit the Museum Tinguely in Basel, Switzerland, to see kinetic art machines in motion. Many of Jean Tinguely’s métamatics sculptures still clatter, whirl, and shake today.

Installation view: Installation view of the exhibition La roue = c’est tout with works from Jean Tinguely
Title: Grosse Méta-Maxi-Maxi-Utopia, Méta-Harmonie
Artist & involved persons: Jean Tinguely
Date of origin: 1987
Material / technique: Scrap iron, wooden wheels, aluminium steps, curtain, carousel horse, pottery vase by Ursi Luginbühl, plastic flowers, garden gnome, electric motor 
Dimensions: 730 x 1700 x 700 cm
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Museum Tinguely, Basel, Donation Niki de Saint Phalle