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{{short description|American contemporary sculptor and photographer (1927 - 2016)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox artist | name = Kenneth Snelson | image = Kenneth Snelson Needle Tower.JPG | image_size = 220px | caption = ''Needle Tower II'' by Kenneth Snelson (1969) at the [[Kröller-Müller Museum]] in Netherlands | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date |1927|6|29}} | birth_place = [[Pendleton, Oregon]] | death_date = {{Death date and age |2016|12|22|1927|6|29}} | death_place = New York City, New York | nationality = American | known_for = Sculpture, Photography | training = [[University of Oregon]]<br>[[Black Mountain College]]<br />[[Fernand Léger]] in Paris. | movement = | notable_works = | patrons = | awards = }} '''Kenneth Duane Snelson''' (June 29, 1927 – December 22, 2016) was an American contemporary sculptor and photographer. His sculptural works, exemplified by ''[[Needle Tower]]'', 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=FAQ|url=http://kennethsnelson.net/faq/|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-04-20|website=Kennethsnelson.net|archive-date=December 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223155350/http://kennethsnelson.net/faq/}}</ref> Fuller gave the idea its name, combining '[[tension (mechanics)|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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