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kinetic art

noun

  1. art, as sculptural constructions, having movable parts activated by motor, wind, hand pressure, or other direct means and often having additional variable elements, as shifting lights.


kinetic art

noun

  1. art, esp sculpture, that moves or has moving parts
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • kinetic artist noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kinetic art1

First recorded in 1960–65
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Example Sentences

“It’s stunning,” said Christina Carvalho, a 43-year-old accountant from Oakland, Calif., as she stood on the ship’s Royal Promenade, gaping up at “The Pearl,” a gigantic kinetic art installation.

Kinetic art has long been something of a niche field, ripe for innovation, and you could link Lee to one of its pioneers, the risk-taking Jean Tinguely, particularly his deathly late work.

Kinetic art has long been something of a niche field, ripe for innovation, and you could link Lee to one of its pioneers, the risk-taking Jean Tinguely, particularly his deathly late work.

Venezuela, in particular, was a hotbed of geometric and kinetic art.

Paradoxically, the government both brutally suppressed dissent and, with an eye to international stature, avidly supported aspects of progressive culture, welcoming young artists like Alejandro Otero and Jesús Rafael Soto as they returned home from Paris, bringing the latest developments in abstract geometric and kinetic art with them.

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