Takis

One of the most playful, innovative, and eccentric artists of postwar Europe, Takis (b. 1925) was a catalyzing figure in the artistic and literary circles of Paris, London, and New York from the 1950s onward.

Pioneering a variety of sculpture, painting, and musical structures, Takis's works harness invisible natural forces. Most notable are his innovative "telemagnetic" works, begun in the late 1950s, which float everyday metallic objects in space through the use of magnets. These investig...