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1924 St. Ingbert - 2007. Known for: Non-objective painting, art education.
As early as 1958, Oskar Holweck had joined the artist group "ZERO", which had recently been set up around Otto Piene and Heinz Mack, and took part in all of the group's important exhibitions. At the... Read full biography
As early as 1958, Oskar Holweck had joined the artist group "ZERO", which had recently been set up around Otto Piene and Heinz Mack, and took part in all of the group's important exhibitions. At the same time, the material paper became the artist's primary working medium, whose materiality he began... Read full biography
As early as 1958, Oskar Holweck had joined the artist group "ZERO", which had recently been set up around Otto Piene and Heinz Mack, and took part in all of the group's important exhibitions. At the same time, the material paper became the artist's primary working medium, whose materiality he began to research and artistically implement in the following decades in search of ever new possibilities and techniques. By tearing (often using a tear grille made of wooden panels and nails), cutting, he... Read full biography
As early as 1958, Oskar Holweck had joined the artist group "ZERO", which had recently been set up around Otto Piene and Heinz Mack, and took part in all of the group's important exhibitions. At the same time, the material paper became the artist's primary working medium, whose materiality he began to research and artistically implement in the following decades in search of ever new possibilities and techniques. By tearing (often using a tear grille made of wooden panels and nails), cutting, he created increasingly filigree structures by pressing and folding. Tear and book objects, paper cascades or multilayered adhesive collages were created. Especially with the tracing paper that was increasingly found in his work from the 1970s onwards,... Read full biography
As early as 1958, Oskar Holweck had joined the artist group "ZERO", which had recently been set up around Otto Piene and Heinz Mack, and took part in all of the group's important exhibitions. At the same time, the material paper became the artist's primary working medium, whose materiality he began to research and artistically implement in the following decades in search of ever new possibilities and techniques. By tearing (often using a tear grille made of wooden panels and nails), cutting, he created increasingly filigree structures by pressing and folding. Tear and book objects, paper cascades or multilayered adhesive collages were created. Especially with the tracing paper that was increasingly found in his work from the 1970s onwards, the works do not remain stuck in two-dimensionality, but rather develop a three-dimensional depth effect through the play with transparency and... Read full biography
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As early as 1958, Oskar Holweck had joined the artist group "ZERO", which had recently been set up around Otto Piene and Heinz Mack, and took part in all of the group's important exhibitions. At the same time, the material paper became the artist's primary working medium, whose materiality he began to research and artistically implement in the following decades in search of ever new possibilities and techniques. By tearing (often using a tear grille made of wooden panels and nails), cutting, he created increasingly filigree structures by pressing and folding. Tear and book objects, paper cascades or multilayered adhesive collages were created. Especially with the tracing paper that was increasingly found in his work from the 1970s onwar1.Holweck 1980, quoted in: Oskar Holweck. Museum Sankt Ingbert, 1995, p. 10. 2. Heidi Irmer, in: ZERO. Düsseldorf, museum kunst palast, 2006, p. 295....But wait, there's more...
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