Otto Piene

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Otto Piene is a German artist who studied art at both the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and the Academy of Art in Munich. He also studied philosophy at the University of Cologne and worked as a fashion lecturer for several years at the Fashion Institute in Düsseldorf. Otto Piene founded with Heinz Mack the group Zero, where later Gunther Uecker joined. He created his own unusual techniques to achieve stunning visual results.

« Light is my medium. Previously, paintings and sculptures seemed to glow. Now they do. »
Otto Piene

Rastersonne

Ceramics - Mixed Media

EUR 9,800

One of Otto Piene’s favorite techniques was to use stencil paintings on grids. In one series of paintings, he used the light from torches projected through the grids. In another, Otto Piene used different sources of fire, such as gas burners or candles, to add smoke to his work.

« My endeavor is twofold: to demonstrate that light is a source of life which has to be constantly rediscovered, and to show expansion as a phenomenal event. Everything is striving for larger space. »
Otto Piene

Otto Piene did not limit his work to using only these techniques. Some of his pieces involved printing and he even experimented with both industrial design and kinetic sculpture performance. He designed a statue in the form of a mining lamp in 1999. The statue, called Das Geleucht, was on display in Germany until 2007.

Germany / male artist / Kinetic art / Performance art / Zero Movement / Process Art / Site Specific Art / Light and Space / Environmental art

ARTWORKS BY Otto Piene

Otto Piene

Addis Abeba, 1972

Limited Edition Print

Silkscreen

EUR 19,500

Otto Piene

Seuloeil, 1991

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

EUR 2,600

Otto Piene

Seuloeil Blau/schwarzes Auge, 1991

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

EUR 2,600

Otto Piene

Seuloeil

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

EUR 2,600

Otto Piene

Zyklop Rot, 1984

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

EUR 2,400

Otto Piene

Zyklop Gelb, 1984

Limited Edition Print

Carborundum

EUR 2,400

Otto Piene

Rastersonne, 2009

Ceramics

Mixed Media

EUR 9,800

Otto Piene

Nach Dem Regenbogen, 1972

Limited Edition Print

Silkscreen

Currently Not Available

Otto Piene

Blue Streak, 1980

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

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Otto Piene

Migran Apparition, 1995

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

Currently Not Available

Otto Piene

Rastersonne, 2009

Ceramics

Clay

Currently Not Available

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Black Sun, 1982

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Addis Abeba 8, 1972

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Old Rainbow, 1990

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What is kinetic art?

International movement referring to both apparent and real motion of art created in the 1920s and 1960s. It is explained as art emerging from any medium containing some movement that depends on motion for effect or can be perceived by the viewer. Canvas paintings are some of the notable and earliest examples of this art type. Speaking pertinently, kinetic art today refers to 3 dimensional figures and sculptures such as those operated by machines or those that move naturally. It encompasses a variety of styles and techniques that overlap.

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