Otto Piene | |
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Born | Otto Piene April 18, 1928 Bad Laasphe |
Died | July 17, 2014 | (aged 86)
Nationality | German |
Known for | kinetic art, Performance art |
Movement | Zero (art) |
Awards | Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts (2003) |
Otto Piene (18 April 1928 – 17 July 2014) was a German artist.
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]