ZERO
Year of birth, place
1957
Germany
Role at the ZKM
- Artist of the Collection
Groups
Biography
The group was founded in 1957 by Heinz Mack and Otto Piene. Mack and Piene formed the group’s core together with Günther Uecker who joined them in 1961. The group existed until 1966 and published three issues of a magazine with the group’s name as a title from 1958 to 1961.
Exhib.: 1957, »1. Abendaustellung«, Atelier Gladbacher Str. 69, Düsseldorf. 1958, »7. Abendausstellung. Das rote Bild«, Atelier Gladbacher Str. 69, Düsseldorf. 1958, »8. Abendausstellung. Vibration«, Atelier Gladbacher Str. 69, Düsseldorf. 1961, »Zero. Edition Exposition Demonstration«, Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf. 1962, »Nul«, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
Lit.: Otto Piene, “The Development of Group ‘Zero’,” in: »TLS«, September 3, 1964, pp. 812f.
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Exhib.: 1957, »1. Abendaustellung«, Atelier Gladbacher Str. 69, Düsseldorf. 1958, »7. Abendausstellung. Das rote Bild«, Atelier Gladbacher Str. 69, Düsseldorf. 1958, »8. Abendausstellung. Vibration«, Atelier Gladbacher Str. 69, Düsseldorf. 1961, »Zero. Edition Exposition Demonstration«, Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf. 1962, »Nul«, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
Lit.: Otto Piene, “The Development of Group ‘Zero’,” in: »TLS«, September 3, 1964, pp. 812f.
[2010]