Artist Studio Visit: Nicolas Schöffer

Artist Studio Visit: Nicolas Schöffer

Student’s of the BFA Art, Media & Technology (Faculty Félicie D’Estienne D’Orves Core Studio Spatial) had the chance to visit Nicolas Schöffer’s studio in Paris.

Nicolas Schöffer (Hungarian: Schöffer Miklós; September 6, 1912 — January 8, 1992) was a Hungarian-born French artist. He can be considered as the father of cybernetic art. He was born in Kalocsa, Austria-Hungary and resided in Paris from 1936 till his death in his Montmartre atelier in 1992. His career touched on painting, kinetic sculpture, architecture, urbanism, film, TV, and music. Indeed he collaborated on music with Pierre Henry. All of the artistic actions of Schöffer were done in the pursuit of a dynamism in art. (via Wikipedia)

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