kinetic sculpture

Sculpture in which movement is an is an integral part of the design. The category includes works set in motion by air currents (as in the the mobiles of Alexander Calder), by electromechanical devices, and by other methods. Artists who explored kinetic sculpture include Jean Tinguely, Naum Gabo and László Moholy-Nagy.

Jean Tinguely. Méta-Harmonie II. 1979. Tinguely Museum, Basel.