In the aftermath of the Second World War, a group of young German artists took it upon themselves to leave the past behind and create a new artistic beginning for Europe.
Beginning with Heinz Mack and Otto Piene, working from a shared studio in Gladbacher Strasse, Düsseldorf, they took the name Zero in 1958. Although Zero disbanded in 1966, in a short time they and their network beyond Germany created an international avant-garde movement that remains a unique influence and inspiration in contemporary art.

In part, they were reacting against post-war abstract expressionism— or artinformel in Europe—with its dark colour and poor material. In Piene’s words, Zero could be instead a ‘zone of pure possibilities’. With fast cars and space travel; one Europe and one universe; science and mechanics; new industrial materials; international and social networks. ZERO wanted to challenge a new "vibrating" future.

After the recent exhibitions in New York, Amsterdam and Berlin, there was a great interest by art-historians and curators for the international network and the various artists' groups. While this was the case, the ZERO Foundation remained focused mainly on the three German members. 0-projects has a focus on the international activities from the fifties and sixties, with groups as G58 in Belgium, Nul in Holland, Gruppo T and N in Italy, ZERO and Gutai in Japan. 
 
One of the questions that arose during the preparation of the ZERO exhibitions was: why were there so few female artists and why were they not included in the New York, Berlin or Amsterdam shows? There were indeed many women among the ZERO artists, their names were mentioned on invitations and posters. But the amount of information found was, a few years ago, insufficient to include all of them in the canon of the ZERO history. And yet they are artists who were building a strong and interesting oeuvre.

​The upcoming exhibition VIBRATION IN ZERO at Bonhams London, opening October 2nd - 10th, 2018, will unite also the those (female) artists, as they were in the early sixties important participants of the international ZERO network.
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