Jean Tinguely’s L’Enfer, un petit début (1984) is a monumental assemblage made of more than thirty moving and sound-producing sculptures. Built from salvaged materials, electric motors, and assorted found objects, the work forms a vast mechanical landscape both playful and apocalyptic. On a large platform measuring 920 × 700 x 370 cm (total surface around 64.4 m²), Tinguely creates a chaotic yet poetic choreography of movement and noise — a carnival of metal where life, death, and absurdity collide. The work is part of the collection of the Centre Pompidou, Paris. Presented by Fragmentation Museum, fragment of the exhibition Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Tinguely, Pontus Hultén / Grand Palais, Paris, 2025
Jean Tinguely – L’Enfer, un petit début, 1984 – Grand Palais 2025
Jean Tinguely’s L’Enfer, un petit début (1984) is a monumental assemblage made of more than thirty moving and sound-producing sculptures. Built from salvaged materials, electric motors, and assorted found objects, the work forms a vast mechanical landscape both playful and apocalyptic. On a large platform measuring 920 × 700 x 370 cm (total surface around…
