ZERO

ZERO / 1957–1966 / Style / Postwar Abstract Painting

An international postwar network that restarted from a 'zero point,' replacing gestural painting with monochrome repetition, light, fire, air, and movement so physical phenomena and the viewer's motion become the work.

Repeated surfaces in white, silver, or black / Metal, mirrors, and relief changing under light / Real-time change through motors, air, or flame / Uniform repetitions of points, holes, discs, or grids

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Designing exhibitions that change as light and the viewer move · Making repeated components and physical phenomena primary instead of the artist's brushmark
Type
Use small widely spaced geometric sans-serif away from moving surfaces.
Composition
Repeat one component regularly and leave enough oblique circulation for reflected light to change.
Material
Combine white relief, polished metal, mirrors, point light, and slow motors with heat and wiring safely isolated.
Caution
Do not collapse ZERO into white Minimalism; light, motion, phenomena, and its international network are central.
Further study
Heinz Mack, Otto Piene and Günther Uecker / ZERO magazine and international networks / light, fire, movement and postwar renewal

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