Serena Amrein: 0,0,0
serena amrein: 0,0,0
serigraph on paper, hand signed in pencil by the artist
published in 2025
by comptoir des arts franches montagnes (cafm)
saint-brais, switzerland
printed by SYMETRIA, saint-louis
edition of 250, 30 x 30 cm in a frame of 32 x 32 x 3.5 cm
including wooden shadow gap frame
0,0,0: a global snapshot of non-objective art in the digital age
commemorating the 110th anniversary of kazimir malevich’s groundbreaking 0,10 exhibition (petrograd, 1915), the 0,0,0 portfolio is a seminal contemporary project that explores the enduring legacy of geometric and non-representational art worldwide.
the title “0,0,0” references the pure state of the color black in programming code, symbolizing the core principle of maximum reduction and universal applicability—a direct conceptual bridge to malevich's revolutionary "zero form."
this limited-edition portfolio gathers 30 original works by international artists, showcasing the vibrant, transcultural evolution of constructivist principles across different generations and continents. it is a visual dialogue between the historical avant-garde and the logic of our networked, digital world.
serena amrein, who lives and works in darmstadt, is a swiss artist whose rigorously process-based practice moves between drawing, painting, relief, and spatial installation. her work is grounded in a reduced visual vocabulary of lines, grids, and densities, through which she explores the relationship between control and chance, time and movement, surface and space.
her importance within contemporary abstraction is reflected in numerous solo and group exhibitions in switzerland and germany, as well as participations in international projects and fairs such as art cologne and art paris. her works have been shown in institutions including the kunstmuseum luzern and the kunsthaus aarau, and are represented by galleries such as galerie la ligne in zurich and edition & galerie hoffmann in friedberg.
amrein’s contribution to the field of drawing and expanded painting lies in her insistence on thinking in processes rather than images, making the act of drawing itself—its repetition, rhythm, and physical trace—the actual subject of the work. through this approach, she connects constructive and minimalist traditions with a distinctly contemporary, phenomenological understanding of perception and space. in the context of our 0,0,0 portfolio, her work exemplifies the "essential reduction to form" that continues the trajectory of modern art into the 21st century.