Patrick Rubinstein valuation
Kinetic triptychs that show a different picture depending on where you stand.
Patrick Rubinstein was born in France in 1960 and makes kinetic works built from vertical or horizontal blades, each face carrying part of a different image, so that a single piece resolves into two or three distinct pictures as the viewer moves across it.
What a work by Patrick Rubinstein is worth
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Bio
Patrick Rubinstein was born in France in 1960 and makes kinetic works built from vertical or horizontal blades, each face carrying part of a different image, so that a single piece resolves into two or three distinct pictures as the viewer moves across it. The subjects are drawn from pop culture and the history of art — musicians, film icons, Warhol and Lichtenstein motifs — and the appeal is as much mechanical as pictorial.
The construction governs everything. These are built objects with moving-image effects that depend on precise alignment, so any distortion, warping or damage to the blades affects the work fundamentally and is not a cosmetic issue. They are also heavy and awkward to crate. Works are issued as unique pieces and in editions, and the difference is not always obvious from the front, so the reverse, the plaque and the certificate need reading. Photographs for valuation should be taken square on and from both angles.
At a glance
- Born
- 1960, Paris
Super 8, Op art and the double image
Rubinstein was born in Paris. His father introduced him to kinetic techniques, his first optical experiments as a teenager were made with a Super 8 camera, and he sold his first work at eighteen.
He calls his two methods the double and the triple: two or three images are cut into strips and mounted on the faces of the blades, so that one picture gives way to the next as the viewer walks past. His galleries place the work between Pop and the optical and kinetic art of Victor Vasarely, Bridget Riley and Yaacov Agam, and it is sold through dealers in Europe and the United States.
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