Otto Piene
Otto Piene (18 April 1928 – 17 July 2014) was a German artist.
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| Born | April 18, 1928 Bad Laasphe |
| Died | July 17, 2014 (aged 86) Berlin |
| Nationality | German |
| Field | kinetic art, Performance art |
| Movement | Zero (art) |
| Awards | Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts (2003) |
In 1957, Piene and Heinz Mack founded the group ZERO.[1] For the closing of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Piene created the sky work Olympic Rainbow, made up of five differently colored helium-filled polythene tubes.
Piene died in Berlin after presenting an art exhibit there.[2] He was 86 years old.[2]
Otto Piene Media
Otto Piene by Lothar Wolleh (c. 1960s)
Otto Piene, foyer glass ceiling, 1970, University of Konstanz
Otto Piene, Das Geleucht (Mining Lamp), steel, glass, LEDs, 30 m high, 1998-2007 (Halde Rheinpreußen, Moers, Germany)
Licht und Bewegung, Cologne, Germany
References
- ↑ Kristine Stiles & Peter Selz, Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of Artists' Writings (Second Edition, Revised and Expanded by Kristine Stiles) University of California Press 2012, pp. 476-478
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "German Artist Otto Piene Dies, Aged 86". ABC News.com. Retrieved 18 July 2014.