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Copyright the artist | | | Bury, Pol (1922 - ) Belgium
Mélangeur, 1961
Wood and aluminium; 122 x 122 x 15 cm Kinetic Art
UID 102-82
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Biography
Belgian sculptor and painter who, after having studied at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Mons, joined the Surrealist group Rupture. His early paintings were strongly influenced by Magritte and Yves Tanguy. In 1947, he joined the Jeune Peinture Belge group in Brussels and, in 1949, he was co-founder of the Cobra group, where he remained until 1951. On discovering the work of Alexander Calder, he decided to join the Abstract Art group in 1952. He developed an interest in changes of time and space which led, in 1953, to his first kinetic objects, Plans Mobiles. In 1963, Bury created his first sculptures in polished wood. In 1972, with the sponsorship of the Renault company, he created a group of 50 moving columns 3 metres high and, in 1976, he began work on hydraulic sculptures which were moved by the weight of water. These were followed by many works integrated in architecture, such as the fountains installed in the courtyard of the Palais Royal in Paris, in Brussels and the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Exhibitions
Accrochage Nº1, Selection of Portuguese and French Artists in The Berardo Collection Embaixada de França (French Embassy), Portugal 27-04-2005 ~ 15-10-2005
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999 Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 27-01-2000 ~ 27-08-2000
Arte Cinética / Arte Op na Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 29-09-2001 ~ 31-10-2001
A Colecção Berardo a partir do Atelier Brancusi Galeria Jornal de Notícias, Portugal 26-01-2007 ~ 24-03-2007
A Revolução Cinética Museu do Chiado, Portugal 13-03-2008 ~ 15-06-2008
Bibliography
Accrochage Nº1, Selection of Portuguese and French Artists in The Berardo Collection, 2005 Published by 90 Graus Editora, Lda. ISBN 9728964013
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999, 2000 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 972817652X
Pol Bury Sculptures Cinétisations 1953-1988, 1989 Published by Galerie Renée Ziegler
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
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