About ZERO Group
ZERO started in a Düsseldorf studio in 1958, when Heinz Mack and Otto Piene decided painting needed a clean restart: no image, no gesture, only light, movement and the monochrome surface. Günther Uecker joined in 1961 and brought the nail relief.
This system treats the screen as white-painted board under raking light. Surfaces sit raised, shadows fall hard and from one side, and the picture comes from relief. Piene's fire vermilion shows up exactly once.
- Origin
- Düsseldorf, West Germany
- Era
- 1958 founded in Düsseldorf; Uecker joins 1961; Stedelijk 'nul' show 1962; dissolved 1966
- Key figures
- Heinz Mack · Otto Piene · Günther Uecker · Lucio Fontana
- Movements
- ZERO · Nouvelle Tendance and kinetic art · Monochrome painting
ZERO Group design spec
Colors
Background
Surface
Primary
Secondary
Accent
Text
Typography
JostHeadings
ArchivoBody
Libre FranklinMono
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