Zero group

The works of the Nul group can be described as 'anti-painterly'. Traditional materials, such as paint and stone, were replaced by mostly industrial materials. Some characteristics can be found within works of the Nul group, namely monochromy, repetition, seriality and immediacy of material. The group can be seen as a reaction to the informal painting of the 1950s that does not use a pre-plan and does not pursue an ideal of beauty. Before the creation of the Nul group, the four members of the Nul group formed the Dutch Informal Group. Zero was created in the international context of, among others, Zero in Germany.