Opening the Archive: The ABCs of Zero

by Heinz Mack

Unpublished archival material looking back on one of the most far-reaching avant-garde art movements in mid-century Europe

The ZERO avant-garde movement was founded in D sseldorf in the 1950s by Heinz Mack and Otto Piene, who called it "a zone of silence and pure possibilities for a new beginning." Each traditional concept of art invited a different challenge. Kinetics and light replaced brush and canvas; the studio became...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3775756108
• ISBN13: 9783775756105
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Hatje Cantz
• Length: 492 Pages
• Weight: 3.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 8.3" x 7.8"