Abraham Palatnik, Pioneer of Kinetic Art: An Interview with Abraham Palatnik by Eduardo Kac Abraham Palatnik, the first Brazilian artist to explore the creative use of technology in art, continues to develop his research with light and movement. He also seeks to explore new possibilities in the use of traditional materials in his reliefs and paintings. ...born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, in 1928. Between 1943-1947, he studied at 2 schools in Tel Aviv: Hertzlia and Montefiori. At Montefiori, he specialized in combustion engines. At that time he also studied with artists Aron Avni (Painting and Art History), Sternshus (Sculpture), and Shor (Aesthetics). In 1948 he returned to Brazil, where he met art critic Mario Pedrosa. Pedrosa had a strong influence on Palatnik's development---in fact, he was a key influence on the whole avant-garde scene in Brazil from the 1940s through the 1960s. In 1948, Palatnik joined Almir Mavignier (later a professor at Ulm) and Ivan Serpa to form the first nucleus of abstract/constructivist artists in Rio de Janeiro (and in Brazil). He began to develop his own innovative research the following year. In 1951, Palatnik shocked the jury of the First International Biennial in Sao Paulo with his first "cinechromatic" art machine. From 1953 to 1955, he participated in the group Frente (Front), engaging in contemporary discussions on abstract art. During the 1960s, Palatnik started to produce art machines in which color pieces moved unexpectedly and harmonically as parts of a complex system of motors and gears. http://www.leonardo.info/isast/spec.projects/kac-palatnik.html Paintings, drawings, studies, objects, furniture pieces and sculptures compose the exhibition Abraham Palatnik – A Reinvenção da Pintura [Abraham Palatnik – The Reinviention of Painting], that the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo held from July 2 through August 15, 2014... Eighty-six years old and... http://mam.org.br/en/exposicao/abraham-palatnik-the undefined

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