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This is an exhibition of West German kinetic sculpture from the 1960s and 1970s. It has come to the Robert McDougall Art Gallery courtesy of the Goethe Institute and the New Zealand Art Gallery Directors' Council.

Made up of over 50 sculptures, and executed by some 27 artists, the exhibition is exciting and innovative. The sculptures are in no way static. They take on a variety of movements and changing effects of light. The objects are made from traditional materials such as wood as well as more contemporary materials, such as plastics and foam rubber.

Even though these artists are grouped together as 'Kinetic' artists. and they do have common goals, their works differ greatly. For example Gunter Haese's Eldena (1977) is a delicate brass wire sculpture that moves with the slightest movement of air. On the other hand Gunter Weseler's Breath Wall 84/72 (1972) is motorised and breathes slowly and uniformly for the viewer.

Optically and acoustically this exhibition should delight the young and old alike!

('Poetry Through Material: Light and Movement', Bulletin, No.69, July/August 1990, p.1)