TV-Dé-coll/age, no. 1

Wolf VostellWW-1958-M121330

1958·Six cathode-ray tube monitors, canvas, and painted plywood·99 × 134 × 32" (251.5 × 340.4 × 81.3 cm)

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Year: 1958
Medium: Six cathode-ray tube monitors, canvas, and painted plywood
Dimensions: 99 × 134 × 32" (251.5 × 340.4 × 81.3 cm)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: Wolf Vostell

Artist

Wolf Vostell

Sculpture

Wolf Vostell was a German painter and sculptor, considered one of the early adopters of video art and installation art and pioneer of Happenings and Fluxus. Techniques such as blurring and Dé-coll/age are characteristic of his work, as is embedding objects in concrete and the use of television sets in his works. Wolf Vostell was married to the Spanish writer Mercedes Vostell and had two sons, David Vostell and Rafael Vostell.

Leverkusen, Germany

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