Created in the late 1950 in Düsseldorf, Germany, with the motto “art should start from scratch,” and an allusion to the “3, 2, 1, 0” countdown of a rocket launch, the ZERO movement was an attempt reaction to an atmosphere of stagnation and pessimism in the (artistic) world in the Postwar period. An exhibition devoted to the referred movement is one of the highlights of the programs that are being offered to the public in parallel with the current edition of the Istanbul Biennial. Entitled Countdown to the Future, the exhibition presents more than 100 works at the Sakıp Sabancı Museum (SSM), which were produced not only by its founders – Heinz Mack (1931), Otto Piene (1928–2014) and Günther Uecker (1930) – but also by the three precursors of the movement – Yves Klein (1928 to 1962), Piero Manzoni (1933–1963) and Lucio Fontana (1899 to 1968).
Curated by Mattijs Visser, director of the ZERO Foundation – created in 2008 –, the exhibition comes at a time of redemption of its history reflected in shows presented last year at the Guggenheim in New York, and this year, at the Martin–Gropius– Bau in Berlin and Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
Divided according to the movement’s central themes – among which are time, space, color and structure – the comprehensive selection of works displayed at Countdown to the Future brings together several pieces loaned from 19 museums, galleries and private collections in the United States and Europe. Works marked by their creators’ experimentation with new shapes and materials, including kinetic light, glass, aluminum etc. The exhibition also hosts conferences, film screenings, and workshops for children, in addition to the launch of a catalog.
At a press conference before the opening of the show, Nazan Ölçer, director of the museum, said the exhibition was began to be gestated in 2014 during the Architecture Biennale in Venice, where Heinz Mack presented the installation The Sky Over Nine Columns, which was also displayed at the Turkish city. Ölçer recalls that the movement, which had its last show presented in 1967, “challenged the static approach of traditional art, trapped on canvas and in frames, opening a completely new way, which was constantly flowing.” The director also pointed out that the ZERO movement allowed modern technologies to find a place in the visual arts.
ZERO. Countdown to the Future
Through January 10
Sakıp Sabancı Museum
Sakıp Sabancı Cd., 42 – Sarıyer – Turkey
sakipsabancimuzesi.org/en
Deixe um comentário