Heinz Mack
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Biography
Heinz Mack is a German artist known as the co-founder of the ZERO movement who worked with light as his primary medium. “For me, light is immaterial,” he explained. “In my case, I prefer to make works that are instruments for light. My sculptures do have a kind of function: of making light visible.” A painter and sculptor, Mack is known for his investigations into luminescence, space, movement, and color, rendered through an array of materials. (Artnet)
Known For
The mental crisis of an architect whose reflections on his commission to build a prison lead to the realization that the modern Western world is a single prison.
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In this film made for German television, Mack exposes his reflective sculptures and suit to sunlight in the Sahara, a north African desert. The film also shows the artist experimenting with different reflective and transparent materials, achieving various kaleidoscopic effects.