ZERO group

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The ZERO group was an international postwar art movement founded in the late 1950s that explored light, movement, and new materials to redefine painting and sculpture beyond traditional forms.

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instanceOf art movement
postwar art movement
activePeriodEnd mid 1960s
activePeriodStart late 1950s
aim to redefine painting and sculpture beyond traditional forms
to reset art to a ‘zero point’ after World War II
artisticFocus industrial materials
light
monochrome painting
movement
new materials
serial structures
space
countryOfOrigin Germany
foundedBy Günther Uecker
Heinz Mack
Otto Piene
hasMember Adolf Luther
Armando
Christian Megert
Daniel Spoerri
Enrico Castellani
Günther Uecker
Heinz Mack
Henk Peeters
Hermann Goepfert
Jan Schoonhoven
Jean Tinguely
Jef Verheyen
Lucio Fontana
Oskar Holweck
Otto Piene
Piero Manzoni
Pol Bury
Yves Klein
inception 1957
influenced installation art
kinetic art
light art
minimalism
influencedBy Bauhaus
Constructivism
Dada
Futurism
movement avant-garde
conceptual art
kinetic art
minimal art
neo-avant-garde
notableExhibition ZERO: Countdown to Tomorrow, 1950s–60s
notableExhibitionVenue Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
regionOfActivity Belgium
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
usedMedium industrial paint
kinetic objects
light installations
metal
mirrors
motors
nails
plastics

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Günther Uecker memberOf ZERO group
Light Ballet associatedWith ZERO group
Günther Uecker memberOf ZERO group
subject linked to: Uecker
Nail reliefs series movement ZERO group