Milan Dobeš
Milan Dobeš (born July 29, 1929 in Přerov ) is a Slovak object artist and an important representative of kinetic art ; he lives and works in Bratislava , Slovakia .
life and work
Milan Dobeš studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava with Ladislav Čemický , Bedrich Hoffstädter and at the Faculty of Landscape Painting with Professor Dezider Milly . Dobeš also had study visits to Paris , London , New York City and Vienna .
He has been creating his visual-kinetic and light-kinetic objects since the 1960s. With his work, Dobeš is one of the leading artists of dynamic constructivism . In Bratislava, where he has lived since the 1940s, a museum has been dedicated to his work. In 1968 he participated in the 4th documenta in Kassel with five kinetic objects .
Important exhibitions
(Selection)
- 1961: Slovak Art, Cracow
- 1966: Art - Light - Art, Eindhoven
- 1968 Constructive tendencies, old town; Museum Femboshaus, Nuremberg ; Nová citlivosť 1, Dom umenia, Brno ; 4. documenta , Kassel
- 1969 ARS'69, Atenium Taidemuseo, Helsinki ; Konštruktívne umenie, elementy a princípy, Nuremberg
- 1970 Expo '70 , Osaka
Literature and Sources
- Exhibition catalog for the IV. Documenta: IV. Documenta. International exhibition ; Catalog: Volume 1: (Painting and Sculpture); Volume 2: (Graphics / Objects); Kassel 1968
- Kimpel, Harald / Stengel, Karin: documenta IV 1968 International Exhibition - A Photographic Reconstruction (series of publications from the documenta archive); Bremen 2007, ISBN 978-3-86108-524-9
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dobeš, Milan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dobes, Milan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovak kinetic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 29, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Přerov , Moravia, Czechoslovakia |