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An exploration of abstraction a nd the Zero avantgarde developed in Germany in the 1960s,
along with constructive, concrete tendencies toward an in de pendent sort of Minimalism. This
publication is devoted to th ereductionist artwork of German artists who produced large sculptures,
series of visual objects, and action-oriented concepts of work, representing a specifically
German aspect of Minimalism as an international phenomenon of the 1960s.

Essays by Sandra Berchtel, Susannah Cremer-Bermbach, Norbert Grob, Paul Kaiser, Paul Maenz, Gregor Stemmrich, Franz Erhard Walther, Renate Wiehager on minimalist tendencies in art, architecture, literature,
film, dance and design of the period in Germany expand the context.

Around one hundred works by about fourty artists - most from the Daimler Art Collection - are featured, including such diverse artists as Hartmut Böhm, Imi Giese, Hanne Darboven, Hermann Glöckner, Heinz Mack, Peter Roehr, Charlotte Posenenske, Ulrich Rückriem and Franz Erhard Walther.

Approx. 500 pages, 500 illustrations.
Hatje Cantz

ISBN 978-3-7757-3366-3

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