Zero (art)
Encyclopedia
Zero is a group of artists founded by Heinz Mack
and Otto Piene
willing to became an international art movement
.
officially disappeared in 1967.
In 2008, Otto Piene
, Günther Uecker
, Heinz Mack
and Mattijs Visser
created the international ZERO foundation.
Heinz Mack
Heinz Mack is a German artist. Together with Otto Piene he founded the ZERO movement in 1957. He exhibited works at documenta in 1964 and 1977 and he represented Germany at the 1970 Venice Biennale. He is best known for his contributions to op art, light art and kinetic art.- Biography :Heinz Mack...
and Otto Piene
Otto Piene
Otto Piene is a German artist. He lives and works in Düsseldorf and Groton, Massachusetts.-Biography:...
willing to became an international art movement
Art movement
An art movement is a tendency or style in art with a specific common philosophy or goal, followed by a group of artists during a restricted period of time, or, at least, with the heyday of the movement defined within a number of years...
.
History
Zero was the name of a magazine founded in 1957 by Heinz MackHeinz Mack
Heinz Mack is a German artist. Together with Otto Piene he founded the ZERO movement in 1957. He exhibited works at documenta in 1964 and 1977 and he represented Germany at the 1970 Venice Biennale. He is best known for his contributions to op art, light art and kinetic art.- Biography :Heinz Mack...
officially disappeared in 1967.
In 2008, Otto Piene
Otto Piene
Otto Piene is a German artist. He lives and works in Düsseldorf and Groton, Massachusetts.-Biography:...
, Günther Uecker
Günther Uecker
Günther Uecker, also known as Guenther Uecker, is a German sculptor, op artist and installation artist.- Biography :...
, Heinz Mack
Heinz Mack
Heinz Mack is a German artist. Together with Otto Piene he founded the ZERO movement in 1957. He exhibited works at documenta in 1964 and 1977 and he represented Germany at the 1970 Venice Biennale. He is best known for his contributions to op art, light art and kinetic art.- Biography :Heinz Mack...
and Mattijs Visser
Mattijs visser
Mat Visser is an organiser of art exhibitions and performances. He studied architecture in Delft, Holland, founded the Troubleyn theatre company in 1986 in Antwerp with Jan Fabre. and the Angelos Foundation...
created the international ZERO foundation.
Further reading
- Otto Piene, “The Development the Group “ZERO””, London: The Times Literary Supplement; September 3, 1964.
- Otto Piene and Heinz Mack, "Zero", Cambridge: MIT Press, 1973, ISBN 978-0-262-16041-4
- "ZERO in NY", exhibition catalog edited by Mattijs Visser, published by the ZERO foundation and Sperone Westwater, New York/Düsseldorf/Ghent 2008, ISBN 978-90-76979-73-1