MECHANICAL ART
1962-1965
The artists belonging to this group worked from photographies and used the various processes of reproduction available in other media. They obtained a “photomechanical painting” from the enlargement of a detail taken from any classical painting. They favored utilizing classical paintings in unusual contexts. Ads were also a favorite source for their personal works.
Jacquet and Rotella gave the movement its name, Mechanical Art, or Mec Art, in 1964. The following year, Pierre Restany opened a show in Paris, “Hommage à Nicéphore Niepce”, which presented a large number of Mec Art works to the public.
Artists not in gallery : Eric Beynon, Yehuda Neiman, Nikos, etc.
Artists in gallery : Gianni Bertini, Pol Bury, Alain Jacquet, Yehuda Neiman.
XXth century art movements
- 1855-1890 IMPRESSIONNISM
- 1880-1895 JAPONISM
- 1888-1910 NABIS MOVEMENT
- 1900-1932 EXPRESSIONISM
- 1902-1907 FAUVISM
- 1905-1930 GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM
- 1907-1912 NEW-PRIMITIVISM
- 1907-1925 CUBISM
- 1909 RAYONNISM
- 1909-1916 FUTURISM
- 1912-1920 ORPHISM
- 1913 ARMORY SHOW
- 1915-1920 SUPREMATISM
- 1915-1935 SCHOOL OF PARIS MONTPARNASSE
- 1916-1924 DADAISM
- 1918-1939 PHOTOGRAPHY BETWEEN WARS
- 1919-1933 BAUHAUS
- 1920-1927 PURISM
- 1920-1950 SOCIAL REALISM
- 1922-1933 ITALIAN NOVECENTO
- 1922-1960 MURALISM
- 1924-1969 SURREALISM
- 1925-1935 ART DECO
- 1927-1965 ATELIER 17
- 1930-1970 MODERN SCULPTURE
- 1931-1938 ABSTRACTION-CREATION
- 1933 UNIT ONE GROUP
- 1935-1980 MAGIC REALISM
- 1938-1968 SPACIALISM
- 1942-1957 ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
- 1942-1975 NON FIGURATIVE ART
- 1945-1960 SCHOOL OF PARIS
- 1945-1985 ART BRUT
- 1946-1956 NEW REALITIES
- 1946-2000 LETTRISM
- 1948-1952 COBRA
- 1950-1960 LYRIC ART, ABSTRACT, TACHISM
- 1950-1960 NEW-DADAISM
- 1951 ESPACE GROUP
- 1954-.... NUAGISM
- 1955-1968 OPTICAL ART
- 1955-1970 POP'ART
- 1960 SCHOOL OF LONDON
- 1960-1970 NEW REALISM
- 1960-1972 FLUXUS
- 1960-1980 NEW FIGURATION
- 1962-1965 MECHANICAL ART
- 1962-1980 MINIMAL ART
- 1965-1975 SCHOOL OF NICE
- 1965-1975 NARRATIVE FIGURATION
- 1965-1980 CONCEPTUAL ART
- 1965-1985 HYPERREALISM
- 1966-1971 ARTE POVERA
- 1968- LAND ART
- 1970-1972 SUPPORTS/SURFACE
- 1970-2020 STREET ART
- 1975- PHOTOGRAPHY PERIOD 1975
- 1975-1985 GERMAN NEW EXPRESSIONNISM
- 1979-1990 ITALIAN TRANS-AVANT-GARDE
- 1980-2016 FREE FIGURATION
- XXème siècle SINGULAR ARTISTS
- XXth century ARTISTS OF TODAY