Takis (1925-2019) set about exploring magnetic field energy in his work. Working in proximity with his contemporaries of the
New Realism movement, he integrated light and music in combination with the use of magnets into his
sculptural practice. A tireless experimenter and "intuitive savant", Takis has continuously sought to capture cosmic energy by combining
art and science. As a contemporary plastician, his work is grounded in a sculptural tradition that spans archaic Greek sculpture and
Giacometti on the one hand and the rejects of technology on the other. Fascinated by the "scientific magic" at the core of inventions (he even registered a number of industrial patents), Takis was also a science philosopher, regularly drawing inspiration from the great ancestors of pre-Socratic philosophy, Hippocratic medicine, and Ancient Egypt.
