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Copyright the artist | | | Piene, Otto (1928 - ) Germany
Rauchbild, 1962
Black soot and oil on canvas; 148 x 148 cm Zero Group
UID 102-447
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Biography
Born Laasphe, Westphalia. 1948-50: Hochschule der BildendenKunste, Munich. 1950-53: Staadtliche Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf. 1953-57: Studied philosophy at University of Cologne. 1957: Founded Zero Group with Heinz Mack and Günther Uecker. 1957-61: Lived in Cologne. Later lived in Düsseldorf, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Brewster, NY. 1958-61: Helped to publish magazines Zero 1, 2, 3, Cologne. 1959: First light performances and environments. First one-person exhibition, Galerie Alfred Schmela, Düsseldorf. 1960: First automated light sculptures and fire-paintings. 1961: Staged a series of demonstrations with Zero Group, in Cologne and on the banks of the Rhine, flying large transparent hot-air balloons. "The Movement Movement," Stedelijk (travelled to Stockholm). 1962: First one-person exhibition abroad, McRoberts and Tunnard Gallery, London. Stadtisches Museum Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen. 1963: Exhibition with Heinz Mack and Gunther Uecker, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld. 1964: Visiting Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. "Painting and Sculpture of a Decade," Tate. Galerie Lawrence, Paris; Galleria Il Bilico, Rome (with Heinz Mack). 1965: First one-person exhibition in US, Howard Wise Gallery, New York. "Art Today," Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo.1968-72: Taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, where in 1969 he exhibited Field of Hot Air Sculpture over a Fire in the Snow, composed of 30 balloons of different sizes, raised with hot air from tanks in the field, lit by arc lights. 1970: "Kinetic Art," Hayward Gallery, London. 1977: "documenta 6," Kassel. 1983: "Electra," ARC. 1984: Guggenheim.
Exhibitions
The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
Novas Aquisições da Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 11-08-1999 ~ 02-01-2000
Durante o Fim - Rui Chafes Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 15-10-2000 ~ 14-01-2001
Arte Cinética / Arte Op na Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 29-09-2001 ~ 31-10-2001
Face - a - Face Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 02-10-2001 ~ 30-04-2001
Bibliography
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
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