Haus Konstruktiv
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Haus Konstruktiv, the Foundation for Constructive and Concrete Art, was founded by private individuals in 1986. From 1987 to spring 2001 it was located at Seefeldstrasse 317 in the outer Seefeld area of Zurich
and was known as the "House for Constructive and Concrete Art".
It is now situated in new premises close to the centre of Zurich at Selnaustrasse 25, in a former power station.
The foundation promotes "constructive, concrete
, and conceptual art
and design".
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
and was known as the "House for Constructive and Concrete Art".
It is now situated in new premises close to the centre of Zurich at Selnaustrasse 25, in a former power station.
The foundation promotes "constructive, concrete
Concrete art
Concrete art and design or concretism is an abstractionist movement that evolved in the 1930s out of the work of De Stijl, the futurists and Kandinsky around the Swiss painter Max Bill. The term "concrete art" was first introduced by Theo van Doesburg in his "Manifesto of Concrete Art"...
, and conceptual art
Conceptual art
Conceptual art is art in which the concept or idea involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns. Many of the works, sometimes called installations, of the artist Sol LeWitt may be constructed by anyone simply by following a set of written instructions...
and design".