- Collection & Archives
- People
- Heinz Mack
Heinz Mack
- Year of birth, place
- 1931, Lollar, Germany
- Role at the ZKM
- in the collection
- Group
- Biography
- Heinz Mack studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (1950–1953, grad. 1953) and philosophy at the University of Cologne (grad. 1956). 1956–1964 worked as an art teacher. 1957–1966 founding member of ZERO, Düsseldorf, with Otto Piene. 1958–1961 co-editor of »ZERO« magazine. 1967 moved to Mönchengladbach. 1968–1992 member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin. He lives in Mönchengladbach, DE.
Lit.: See: ZERO.
Exhib.: 1959, »Stringenz. Nuove tendenze tedesche«, Galleria Pagani del Grattacielo, Milan. 1960, »La nuova concezione artistica«, Galleria Azimut, Milan. 1961, »Bewogen Beweging«, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. 1964, documenta 3, Kassel. 1965, »The Responsive Eye«, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. See also: ZERO.
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