Modern and Contemporary Art

Exhibition

Lefebre Gallery, New York, Pol Bury, October 12-November 7, 1964.

University Art Museum, Berkeley, California, Pol Bury, April 28-May 31, 1970, exh. cat., no. 12, p. 23 (illus.), then to The College of St. Catherine, St. Paul and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, August 2-September 10, 1970; Museum of Art, University of Iowa, September 20-October 31, 1970; The Arts Club of Chicago, November 24, 1970-January 2, 1971; Institute for the Arts, Rice University, Houston, January 24-March 7, 1971; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, April 15-June 6, 1971.

Literature

Viviane Baras-Flament, Pol Bury. 2014 références bibliographiques en 4 volumes, Bruxelles, 1974, p. XXX.

Rosemarie E. Pahlke, Pol Bury, avec catalogue raisonné, Gand: Crédit communal, 1994, p.154, cat. 64-31.

Note

This lot is listed in the artist's online catalogue raisonné, prepared by Gilles Marquenie, as #S049 [catalogue.polbury.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=S049].

Pol Bury was a Belgian artist known for his pioneering work in kinetic sculpture. He began his career as a painter, but shifted to sculpture in the 1950s, creating works that moved and changed in response to their environments. Bury’s kinetic sculptures were often made from industrial materials, such as stainless steel and brass, and were powered by motors or other mechanical devices. His works were playful and whimsical, and sought to evoke a sense of wonder and surprise in viewers. Bury’s innovative approach to sculpture helped pave the way for the kinetic art movement of the 1960s and beyond.