Kenneth Snelson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetKenneth Snelson
American artist
Date of Birth: 29-Jun-1927
Place of Birth: Pendleton, Oregon, United States
Date of Death: 22-Dec-2016
Profession: sculptor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About 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. 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.' Ironically Karlis 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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