1. Anthony Howe
&
Kinetic Art
AP 3D
Catrina Chen

3. Kinetic art
• Any medium
• Contains perceivable movement or
depends on motion for its effect
• Mostly refers to 3D sculpture that move
naturally or propelled by machine

4. Kinetic art (cont.)
• Virtual movement
– Movement perceived from only certain angles
or sections
• Apparent movement
– Movement created by motors or machines

5. Kinetic art (cont.)
• 1800s Impressionism
– Challenge photography
– Tried to be more “lifelike”
Edgar Degas, 1877–
1880, At the Races,

6. Kinetic art (cont.)
• Albert Gleizes
– Cubism
– "normal evolution of
an art that was
mobile like life itself."
1912, L'Homme au Balcon, Man on a
Balcony (Portrait of Dr. Théo Morinaud)

7. Kinetic art (cont.)
• Naum Gabo
• Max Bill
Naum Gabo,
1919-1920, Kinetic
Construction
(Standing Wave)
Max Bill, 1935-1936,
Construction with
Suspended Cube

8. Kinetic art (cont.)
• Mobiles
Alexander Rodchenko, 1920
Alexander Calder,
1956, Red Mobile

9. Kinetic art (cont.)
• Action Painting
• Op art
• Criticized in the 60s

10. Anthony Howe
• 1954 born in Salt Lake City, Utah
• 1973 - 1978 Attends Cornell
University and Skowhegan
School of Sculpture and Painting
• Paints pastoral landscapes for
five years
• 1985 Move to 511 W. 25th St,
NY, NY
• 1989 Begins constructing kinetic
sculpture
• 1994 Moves to Orcas Island,
Washington
• 2002-2003 Winner of Kinetic.org
sculpture competition.

11. 1990-1996

12. 1997-2002

13. 2003

14. 2004-2005

15. https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v
=RshSaF_juGs