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Kinetic art   (French Equivalent: Art cinétique)

DefinitionReal movement had been incorporated into works of art by the 1920s, notably through the Constructivists (Naum Gabo was the first to use the word kinetic in relation to art) and then through Alexander Calder and his mobiles in the 1930s. A revival of kinetic art was to occur toward the middle of the 1950s. The exhibition "Le Mouvement" at the Galerie Denise René Gallery in Paris in 1955 and then "Bewogen Beweging" at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam in 1961 contributed to the recognition of kinetic art. There are different forms of kinetic art, including machines and mobiles, as well as lumino-kinetic works involving light and movement. In the broadest sense, certain works of Op art creating effects of optical movement could also be considered kinetic art.

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Alternate Term =Cinetic art
Broader Term ↑Art Practices
Related Term ↔Installation