The foundation of the Gruppe SPUR followed a joint exhibition held in autumn 1957 in the Pavillon im Alten Botanischen Garten in Munich by the painters Heimrad Prem (1934-1978), Helmut Sturm (1932), Hans-Peter Zimmer (1936-1992) and the sculptor Lothar Fischer (1933-2004). They devised the group’s name in January 1958 when thinking about the tracks of their own footprints in the snow. Their shared goals related to their criticism of Art informel, which they regarded as devoid of content and too private…
Die Gruppe SPUR leistete einen wichtigen Beitrag zur deutschen Avantgarde der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts (siehe SPUR-Manifest weiter unten). Ihr gelang der Anschluss an die europäische Moderne nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg…
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