Kenneth Snelson

Kenneth Duane Snelson (June 29, 1927 – December 22, 2016) was an American contemporary sculptor and photographer. His sculptural works are composed of flexible and rigid components arranged according to the idea of 'tensegrity'. Snelson preferred the descriptive term floating compression.

Kenneth Snelson
Needle Tower II by Kenneth Snelson (1969) at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Netherlands
Born(1927-06-29)June 29, 1927
Pendleton, Oregon
DiedDecember 22, 2016(2016-12-22) (aged 89)
New York City, New York
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Oregon
Black Mountain College
Fernand Léger in Paris.
Known forSculpture, Photography

Snelson said his former professor Buckminster Fuller took credit for Snelson's discovery of the concept that Fuller named tensegrity. Fuller gave the idea its name, combining 'tension' and 'structural integrity.' Kārlis Johansons had exhibited tensegrity sculptures several years before Snelson was even born. The height and strength of Snelson's sculptures, which are often delicate in appearance, depend on the tension between rigid pipes and flexible cables.

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