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Otto Piene

Otto Piene (1928 - 2014) was active/lived in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania / Germany.  Otto Piene is known for Light kinetics, illumination, abstract painting, teaching.

Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist.

Otto Piene, German Artist of New Modes, Dies at 85
By BRUCE WEBERJULY 18, 2014
 
Otto Piene, a German painter and sculptor known for his experiments in kinetic art and for working at the junction of art, nature and technology, died on Thursday in Berlin, where he was attending the opening of a retrospective of his work. He was 86 and had homes in Düsseldorf and Groton, Mass.

His death was confirmed by Joachim Jäger, head of the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. The retrospective, "Otto Piene, More Sky," opened there and at Deutsche Bank KunstHalle on Wednesday as a joint project devoted to honoring Mr. Piene's influential role in postwar German art.

In 1957, along with Heinz Mack, Mr. Piene (pronounced PEEN-uh) founded the Zero Group, a collection of artists dedicated to redefining art in the aftermath of World War II. Through the mid-1960s the group attracted adherents from Japan and the Am   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 9886 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Otto Piene

   Publications  Book References:  19
Magazine References:  1

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Otto Piene
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art in America Planning for Impermanence April 2000 Buskirk, Martha Yes
19 Book References for Otto Piene
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1991 Wheeler, Daniel Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present 344 Yes
1989 Naylor, Colin (editor) Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition) 1059 No
1988 Alexenberg, Mel and Otto Piene Lights OROT: Spiritual Dimensions of the Electronic Age 0 Yes
1987 Feldman, Edmund Burke Varieties of Visual Experience (3rd edition) 528 Yes
1986 Editors Otto Piene, Mel Alexenberg: Sukkah in Munich, Sky Art ˜86
(Exhibition catalog)
0 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1981 Osborne, Harold The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art 656 Yes
1978 Daniels, Florence Why Art? A Guide to Viewing Contemporary American Art 222 No
1977 Barr, Alfred H Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art 655 No
1974 Busch, Julia A Decade of Sculpture The 1960s 236 Yes
1972 Sandler, Irving (intro) Contemporary Art 1942-72 479 Yes
1969 National Mus Mod Art, Tokyo Contemporary Art Dialogue between East and West
(Exhibition catalog)
114 Yes
1968 Albright-Knox Art Gallery Plus by Minus, Today's Half Centu
(Exhibition catalog)
88 No
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