The show revolves around the main works of the Zero years, which are presented here not as the endpoint of Piene’s creative oeuvre, but as the departure point for a development in art that had far-reaching consequences.
Otto Piene: More Sky
With around 60 artworks, the exhibition “Otto Piene. More Sky” at the Deutsche Bank KunstHalle ( is dedicated to the broad spectrum of Otto Piene’s early work.
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- 14 August 2014
- Berlin
Early light prints and graphic works, evocative smoke and fire paintings, and light sculptures, some of which are part of the Deutsche Bank Collection, highlight the artist’s incorporation of the elements air, fire, and light. A light room that the artist has arranged in a new way emphasizes the magical, meditative aspect of these approaches.
Exemplary documentation on the projects developed at the CAVS also draws attention to the dissolution of art’s borders, an endeavor Piene was increasingly
focused on. His rainbow motifs can be considered signs for the particular connection to nature and early ecological awareness that influenced the structures and forms of many of his Sky Art Events after 1968. In a dense interplay of devices, paintings, prints, photographs, films, and installations, the exhibition demonstrates the wide variety of media the artist worked in simultaneously after 1970.
until August 31, 2014
Otto Piene
More Sky
Deutsche Bank KunstHalle
Unter den Linden 13/15, Berlin