New Zero
From the collection
Castellani, Geiger, Mavignier, Megert, Morellet, Yvarall
New acquisitions I
Dadamaino, Hendrikse, Peeters, Raysse, Soto, Tinguely, Verheyen
New acquisitions II
Fleury, Reiter Raabe, Westerwinter, Zobernig
Special exhibition
Piero Manzoni, John Nixon:
Die Werke aus Herning / DK
Daimler Contemporary
7 April to 10 June 2001 Contact
Programme of the Year
Henk Peeters
White Feathers, 1962Martial Raysse
Peinture lumière, no year (about. 1965)Jean Tinguely
Do-it-yourself-sculpture, 1961
Jesus Rafael Soto
Vibration, 1962Jef Verheyen
Espace (green). 1963
Technological thrills and fun with experiments
ZERO - in post-war European art this means the countdown to a new sense of being close to life, enthusiastic about technology and delighting in expreimaentation.
All the artists in the international Zero movement developed individual work concepts and production strategies. But they all have the same basic ideas: monochromy and serialism, light and movement, developing works for rooms, urban squares and cities and acquiring a new sense of unity for nature, man and technology.
A contemporary link with the 60s avant-garde
New artistic concepts and attidudes crystallized around the Zero-avantgarde: These were to be of major significance for the artistic developments of the sixties, but they also offer explosive material for reflection and reaction to contemporary artists.
So this is why works by Dadamaino, Jan Henderikse, Henk Peeters, Martial Raysse, Jesús Rafael Soto, Jean Tingueley and Jef Verheyen are being shown alongside works by young artists born in or around 1960 like Sylvie Fleury, Andreas Reiter Raabe, Simone Westerwinter and Heimo Zobernig.
New Zero:
contemporary artists relate to the 60s Zero avant-garde in a variety of ways
Piero Manzoni, John Nixon:
Works from Herning, Denmark
Special exhibition: Piero Manzoni, John Nixon
The special exhibition on "Piero Manzoni - John Nixon. Works from Herning, Denmark" is an example of dialogue between the historic avant-garde and contemporary art.