Jean Tinguely on 'Art'

This is a brief (1'41") excerpt from the preface of the short film "Tinguely: A Kinetic Cosmos" by Francois de Menil and Monique Alexandre. ©1980, F.D.M. Foundation for the Arts. This excerpt is presented under the Fair Use Provision of the Copyright Act for purposes such as criticism, comment, teaching, scholarship, and/or research.

Tinguely: "The bullshit started with Raphael. His painting signaled the end of a magnificent primitive Italian Art. The word 'Art' was invented in the middle of the Renaissance. Before then the idea of 'Art' didn't exist. The Egyptians, the Indians, the Chinese, none of them had the concept of 'Art'. It was just guys doing things. The concept was invented 350 years ago, and it's been used as a scam. The word I like to use is poetry, a remarkable word which meant originally 'to live'. The word 'Art' is bullshit."

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[KlausBauerOne]

Quelque temps après avoir vu cette vidéo j'ai rencontré Alexandre !