Stripes of metal or wood, motor; 170 x 170 cm<\/p>\n
1978<\/p>\n
Gerhard Von Graevenitz first studied economics in Frankfurt am Main. After being injured in an accident and hospitalised for several months he decided to change his subject and started to study at the academy of arts in Munich. He socialised with a number of artists, among them Johannes Itten, Alexander Calder and Josef Albers and met artists of his generation \u2013 Jean Tinguely, Yves Klein, Daniel Spoerri \u2013 who were interested in questions of kinetics.
\nIn 1962 he cofounded the artist group \u2018Nouvelle Tendence\u2019, whose art ended up being called \u2018Op Art\u2019 after it was shown at an American exhibition. With his kinetic objects von Graevenitz illustrates the correlation of structure, movement, contingency and order. He proceeded from white reliefs to dynamic objects, which consist of reflecting elements or simple rotating parts driven by a motor, thereby producing a network of movement.
\nVon Graevenitz worked as art mediator, organiser and lecturer. He founded the \u2018Nota\u2019 journal, opened a gallery with the same name in Munich in 1960 and curated the Dutch Pavillon at the 38th Biennale in Venice. As a member of the \u2018International Artists Forum\u2019 he has reflected publicly on the responsibility of the artist in society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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