Homage to New York
Jean Tingely, 1960

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On the evening of March 17 in the garden of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the artist allowed his \"Homage to New York\", an eight-meter high sculpture, self-destruct to its own accompaniment . The construction, originally intended as a drawing machine, comprised around 80 bicycle, tricycle and baby carriage wheels as well as objects such as a bath tub, piano, bell, car horn, playing cards, scraps of the American flag, many bottles, fire extinguishers, a meteorological sounding balloon, radio, oil canister, hammer, saw etc. and was powered by 15 engines.

This reminded me of an old Donald Duck comic book I used to read in my grandmother\'s house where the inventor joins an art contest, and his work of art, a robot that paints, misfires (sabotage from a competitor) and destroy\'s itself. Much to his confusion, he wins first prize.

Submitted by
Guillermo Acevedo

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