Otto Piene
- Introduction
- 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.
- Wikidata
- Q455115
- Introduction
- Piene was founder, with Heinz Mack and Günther Uecker, of the ZERO group, which collaborated with the Jean Tinguely, Yves Klein, and Lucio Fontana. Piene received the Sculpture Prize of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, in 1996, and the Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts in 2003. He represented Germany at the Venice Biennale in 1967 and 1971, and his work was included in Documenta in 1959, 1964, and 1977.
- Nationality
- German
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Environmental Artist, Painter, Sculptor
- Name
- Otto Piene
- Ulan
- 500032357
Exhibitions
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Degree Zero: Drawing at Midcentury
Through Feb 6
MoMA
Last chance -
409: Abstract Lens
Oct 21, 2019–Sep 20, 2020
MoMA
Collection gallery
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From the Collection:
1960–1969 Mar 26, 2016–Mar 19, 2017
MoMA
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Photography Rotation 8
May 13, 2011–Mar 12, 2012
MoMA
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Looking at Music
Aug 13, 2008–Jan 5, 2009
MoMA
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Otto Piene has
9 exhibitionsonline.
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