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Dutch Nul Group
The Dutch Nul Group, which consisted of Armando (artist), Armando (b. 1929), Jan Henderikse (b. 1937), Henk Peeters (b. 1925-2013) and Jan Schoonhoven (1914-1994), manifested itself in form and name in 1961. On 1 April 1961, a stone's throw from the Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Galerie 201 organized the ‘Internationale tentoonstelling van NIETS’ ('International Exhibition of NOTHING’). The 'Manifest tegen niets' ('Manifesto against Nothing') and 'Einde' ('Ending'), a pamphlet published at the same time, were among the first activities of the Nul group. ‘We need art like we need a hole in the head,’ the pamphlet 'Einde' states; ‘From now on the undersigned pledge to work to disband art circles and close down exhibition facilities, which can then finally be put to worthier use.’ The 'Einde' pamphlet imagines a new beginning, as Armando and Henk Peeters had already proclaimed in texts written several years earlier for the Dutch Informals. Roots of Nul: The Dutch Infor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrico Castellani
Enrico Castellani (4 August 1930 – 1 December 2017) was an Italian artist. He was active in Italy from the early 1960s, and associated with Piero Manzoni and . Castellani is known for his "paintings of light". He studied at the Ecole Nationale Superieure in Belgium, then settled in Milan. Castellani collaborated with artists such as Getulio Alviani, Piero Manzoni, and others. In 2010 he received the Praemium Imperiale for painting. He died on 1 December 2017 at his home, the Castello Orsini of Celleno, in the province of Viterbo in Lazio it, Laziale , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , demographics1_title2 .... References * ''Enrico Castellani, New Angular, Double Angular, 2009-2011'' in "MozArt" - edited by Bruno Corà, Perugia, 3Arte - Ali&no editrice, n.1, 2012, p. 6-14 - ISBN 978-88-6254-092-6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jef Verheyen
Jef is a Dutch-language masculine given name primarily used in Belgium. It is a short form of Jozef/ Josef, used also in Breton. People with the name include: *Jef Billings (born 1945), American figure skating costume designer *Jef Boeke (born 1950s), American geneticist * Jef Bruyninckx (1919–1995), Belgian film actor, editor and director * Jef Caers (born 1970s), Belgian geostatistician * Jef Colruyt (born 1958), Belgian businessman * Jef Delen (born 1976), Belgian footballer *Jef Demuysere (1907–1969), Belgian cyclist * Jef Denyn (1862–1941), Belgian carillon player *Jef Dutilleux (1876–1960), Belgian painter * Jef Elbers (born 1947), Belgian singer, script writer, and political activist *Jef François (1901–1996), Belgian Nazi collaborator * Jef Gaitan (born 1986), Filipino actress * Jef Geeraerts (1930–2015), Belgian writer * Jef Geys (1934-2018), Belgian artist * Jef Gilson (1926–2012), French pianist, arranger, composer and big band leader *Jef Jurion (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Günther Uecker
Günther Uecker (; born 13 March 1930) is a German sculptor, op artist and installation artist. Biography Uecker was born in Wendorf, Mecklenburg.Biography at .de Uecker began his artistic education in 1949 when he took up studies at . He then went to the art school in Berlin-Weißensee and in 1955 to , where he studied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uli Pohl
Uli may refer to: * Uli, Iran, a village * Uli, Anambra, a town in Nigeria *Uli I of Mali *Uli (design), by the Igbo people of Nigeria *Uli figure, from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea * Uli (food), a rice-based food * ISO 639 code for the Ulithian language Uli is a name, short for Ulrich or Ulrike (other) and common in Germany. * Uli Beckerhoff (born 1947), Jazz composer *Uli der Fehlerteufel, a character in German schoolbooks * Uli Derickson (1944–2005), flight attendant during the 1985 hijacking of TWA Flight 847 * Uli Edel (born 1947), German film director * Uli Herzner (born 1971), German American fashion designer * Uli Hiemer (born 1962), German professional ice hockey player * Uli Hoeneß (born 1952), German football (soccer) player * Uli Kusch (born 1967), heavy metal drummer * Uli Jon Roth (born 1954), German neoclassical metal guitarist * Uli Schmidt (born 1961), South African rugby union footballer * Uli Sigg (born 1946), Swiss businessman, diplomat, ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Piene
Otto Piene (pronounced PEE-nah, 18 April 1928 – 17 July 2014) was a German-American artist specializing in kinetic and technology-based art, often working collaboratively. He lived and worked in Düsseldorf, Germany; Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Groton, Massachusetts. Biography Otto Piene was born in 1928 in Bad Laasphe and was raised in Lübbecke. At the age of 16, he was drafted into World War II as an anti-aircraft gunner. As a German soldier, he became fascinated by the glowing lines of searchlights and artillery fire in the night. Post-war from 1949 to 1953, he studied painting and art education at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, and at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. He was a lecturer at the Fashion Institute in Düsseldorf. From 1952 to 1957, he studied philosophy at the University of Cologne. He was a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania beginning in 1964. From 1968 to 1971, he was the first Fellow appointed to the Center for Advanced Visual Studies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almir Mavignier , Almir Lopes de Luna, Brazilian football attacking midfielder
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Almir may refer to: * Almir (given name) * Almir (footballer, born 1938), Almir da Silva, Brazilian football striker * Almir (footballer, born 1969), Almir de Souza Fraga, Brazilian football striker * Almir (footballer, born 1973), Almir Moraes Andrade, Brazilian football manager and former midfielder * Almir (footballer, born 1982) Almir Lopes de Luna (born 20 May 1982, in João Pessoa), or simply Almir, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder A midfielder is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position in association foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinz Mack
Heinz Mack (born March 8, 1931) is a German artist. Together with Otto Piene he founded the ZERO movement in 1957. He exhibited works at documenta in 1964 and 1977 and he represented Germany at the 1970 Venice Biennale. He is best known for his contributions to op art, light art and kinetic art. Biography Heinz Mack was born in 1931 in the small town of Lollar in Germany. Between 1950 and 1956 he studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. In 1957 together with Otto Piene he started a series of what were called ''Abendausstellungen'' (evening exhibitions) at their studio in Düsseldorf. This series was the initial event for the formation of the group ZERO (with Mack, Piene and Günther Uecker as its nucleus) and the international ZERO movement. Among the participants of the ZERO movement were Yves Klein, Lucio Fontana, Piero Manzoni and Jean Tinguely. In the early 1960s, Mack worked, with Gotthard Graubner, as an art teacher at the Lessing Gymnasium, Düsseldorf. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Lo Savio
Francesco, the Italian (and original) version of the personal name "Francis", is the most common given name among males in Italy. Notable persons with that name include: People with the given name Francesco * Francesco I (other), several people * Francesco Barbaro (other), several people * Francesco Bernardi (other), several people * Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439-1501), Italian architect, engineer and painter * Francesco Berni (1497–1536), Italian writer * Francesco Canova da Milano (1497–1543), Italian lutenist and composer * Francesco Primaticcio (1504–1570), Italian painter, architect, and sculptor * Francesco Albani (1578–1660), Italian painter * Francesco Borromini (1599–1667), Swiss sculptor and architect * Francesco Cavalli (1602–1676), Italian composer * Francesco Maria Grimaldi (1618–1663), Italian mathematician and physicist * Francesco Bianchini (1662–1729), Italian philosopher and scientist * Francesco Galli Bibiena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yayoi Kusama
is a Japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation, and is also active in painting, performance, video art, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts. Her work is based in conceptual art and shows some attributes of feminism, minimalism, surrealism, Art Brut, pop art, and abstract expressionism, and is infused with autobiographical, psychological, and sexual content. She has been acknowledged as one of the most important living artists to come out of Japan.Yamamura, Midori (2015), ''Yayoi Kusama: Inventing the Singular.'' MIT Press. . Kusama was raised in Matsumoto, and trained at the Kyoto City University of Arts in a traditional Japanese painting style called nihonga. She was inspired by American Abstract impressionism. She moved to New York City in 1958 and was a part of the New York avant-garde scene throughout the 1960s, especially in the pop-art movement. Embracing the rise of the hippie counterculture of the late 1960s, she came to pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oskar Holweck
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Hans Haacke
Hans Haacke (born August 12, 1936) is a German-born artist who lives and works in New York City. Haacke is considered a "leading exponent" of Institutional Critique. Early life Haacke was born in Cologne, Germany. He studied at the '' Staatliche Werkakademie'' in Kassel, Germany, from 1956 to 1960. In 1959, Haacke was hired to assist with the second documenta, working as a guard and tour guide. He was a student of Stanley William Hayter, a well-known and influential English printmaker, draftsman, and painter. From 1961 to 1962, he studied on a Fulbright grant at the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia. From 1967 to 2002, Haacke was a professor at the Cooper Union in New York City. During his formative years in Germany, he was a member of Zero (an international group of artists, active ca. 1957–1966).Haacke, Hans. ''Framing and Being Framed''. Halifax: Press of Nova scotia College of Art and Design, 1975. This group was held together with common moti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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