Otto Piene

German artist (1928-2014)

Otto Piene (18 April 1928 – 17 July 2014) was a German artist.

Otto Piene
Otto Piene in 2007
Born
Otto Piene

(1928-04-18)April 18, 1928
DiedJuly 17, 2014(2014-07-17) (aged 86)
NationalityGerman
Known forkinetic art, Performance art
MovementZero (art)
AwardsLeonardo 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]

References

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  1. 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. 2.0 2.1 "German Artist Otto Piene Dies, Aged 86". ABC News.com. Retrieved 18 July 2014.