Tag: Fitchburg Art Museum

Art Greg CookJune 2, 2019 0

Launching Otto Piene’s ‘Sky Art’ inflatable sculpture ‘Paris Star’

A small crowd gathered in the field across from the Fitchburg Art Museum this afternoon to launch Otto Piene’s “Sky Art” inflatable sculpture “Paris Star” into the air. “It’s always different…Continue Reading →

Otto Piene, "Proliferation of the Sun" at the Fitchburg Art Museum, 1966/1967, re-staged Neue Nationalgalerie 2014, 35-minute multimedia performance with digitized hand-painted glass slides, sound, 7 digital projectors, 12’ diameter white inflatable sphere, and 3 screens. (Greg Cook)

Art Greg CookMay 22, 2019 0

During WWII, Otto Piene’s Job Was To Kill Planes, Afterward He Imagined A ‘Sky Art’ Of Peace

The artist Otto Piene was 15 when his entire class at his school in Lübbecke, Germany, was drafted into the Wehrmacht. The conscription of kindsoldaten (“child soldiers”) into the military…Continue Reading →