Joël Stein

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Joël Stein

Joël Stein (born May 25, 1926 in Saint-Martin-Boulogne , France , † July 2012 ) was a French painter , printmaker and kinetic artist and representative of Op Art . Along with Julio Le Parc , François Morellet , Horacio Garcia Rossi , Francisco Sobrino and Yvaral, he was one of the co-founders of the group of artists Groupe de Recherche d'Art Visuel (GRAV) in 1960 . Stein lived and worked in Paris .

life and work

Joël Stein began studying at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1946 and attended Fernand Léger's workshop . As early as 1956, he planned the first artistic tables based on the geometric foundations of mathematics. From 1958 he developed the idea of ​​the labyrinth , still two-dimensional. In 1959 he designed the first reliefs . As a light and object artist, he begins to work with like-minded people in the Groupe de Recherche d'Art Visuel . He worked heavily on the visual activation of the viewer.

In 1962 he investigated the chromatic polarization of light and designed his first Polascopes boxes. Joël Stein worked with rotating disks, triads, kaleidoscopes , and the first labyrinth from 1963. He created compositions with mirrors that create short-lived and unstable movements and structures. Inspired by the possibilities of new technologies, Joël Stein started working with lasers and the effect of colors from 1968 .

Important exhibitions (selection)

As part of the Groupe de Recherche d'Art Visuel and later as a solo artist, Joël Stein took part in numerous solo and group exhibitions around the world. This included, among other things, participation in documenta III in Kassel in 1964 in the Light and Movement department .

Solo exhibitions in recent years have included (among others):

  • 2000: “ Le labyrinthe ”, Musée de Cholet , “ L'art cinétique ” Musée de Cambrai
  • 2001: “ Art cinétique ” Galeria Niccoli, Parma , Center Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas , “ Denise René, l'intrépide ” Center Pompidou , Paris  ; “ Confrontation Nouvelle Tendance ” Poreč , Croatia
  • 2002: " 22 of the futur ", Musée d'Art Contemporain, Zagreb , Croatia,
  • 2003: " In materiale " Galerie Arte Struktura, Milan , " Le GRAV " Galerie Lelia Mordoch, " Il GRAV - La complessità come sperimentazione " Galerie Valmore, Vicenza , " 6-1 = 6 " Hommage du GRAV à Yvaral , Tafani, Maison -Alfort, France
  • 2005: MiArt, Milan: Lelia Mordoch Gallery, Valmore Gallery, Vincenza, “ L'œil moteur ”, Strasbourg , “ 22 of the future ”, Museum Stuka , “ 22 of the Future ”, Dobes Museum, Bratislava , Slovakia
  • 2006: “ Op Art ” Joyce, Paris, “ Black & light ” Galerie Denise René espace Marais, Paris
  • 2007: " L'Utopie cinétique - 1955/1975 " Center culturel "Sa Mostra", Palma , New Trends , specifically art museum, Ingolstadt

Literature and Sources

  • documenta III. International exhibition ; Catalog: Volume 1: Painting and Sculpture; Volume 2: Hand Drawings; Volume 3: Industrial Design, Graphics; Kassel / Cologne 1964
  • Kimpel, Harald / Stengel, Karin: documenta III 1964 - International Exhibition - A Photographic Reconstruction (series of the documenta archive), Bremen 2005, ISBN 978-3-86108-528-7

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personal data
SURNAME Stein, Joël
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stein, Joel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French kinetic artist
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Martin-Boulogne , France
DATE OF DEATH July 2012