- Address: Paul Sacher-Anlage, 1, Basel, Switzerland
- Phone: +41 (61) 681 93 20
- Fax: +41 (61) 681 93 21
- E-mail: infos@tinguely.ch
- Working hours: 11.00 - 18.00
In the city of Basel ( Switzerland ) in the park Solitud on the banks of Rhein is the museum of Jean Tangli - one of the most interesting places that will interest every tourist with unusual and mind-blowing kinetic sculptures.
Architecture of the museum
The building of one of the best museums in Basel was designed by the architect Ticino-Mario Botta. The roof of the museum of Jean Tangly is decorated with an interesting metal composition. In front of the building is located an equally interesting exhibit - a fountain created by the master himself.
Exposition of the museum
In the museum of the famous artist and sculptor Jean Tangli (1925-1991), your court presents unique exhibits of kinetic art, the fruits of the forty-year activity of the master, created from various industrial elements and all sorts of household items. Old, outmoded pipes, metal plates and discs, rusty pots, bicycle spokes the author magically turned into unimaginable sculptures. Some of them are set in motion by means of various levers, wheels, gears and motors, changing shapes and thus forming incredible abstract pictures, others, making metamorphoses, self-destruct.
With his "metamehanic" sculptures, the author wanted to convey the message about the fine line between the rapid mechanization of mankind and the animation of machines.
The museum of Jean Tangli presents sketches, sketches, drawings, letters and other documentation of the master. Also, in the museum you can get acquainted with the works of Tangli's brothers in kinetic art. The work of the sculptor is a landmark of Switzerland, so you can admire them outside the museum. So, its installation under the name "Luminator" can be found at the airport of Basel, and in the center of the city, on the street Steinenberg, is located the creation of Tangli - "Carnival Fountain" (Fasnachtsbrunnen).
Enjoying a fantastic exposition, visitors can relax by having lunch in the Chez Jeannot museum restaurant with national cuisine , which also presents the enchanting works of Jean Tangli.
How to get there?
You can get to the museum from the station Bahnhof SBB by tram number 2 (Wettsteinplatz) or by buses No.33, 33, 38. And from the station Badischer Bahnhof to the museum there is a bus number 36. If you will be traveling by private transport, then take a course on motorway Basel Wettstein / Ost.
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