The mourner pays tribute to the famous German artist sculptor Günther Uecker

More than 200 people gathered on Saturday to bid farewell to Günther Uecker, one of Germany’s most important postwar artists.

Born in 1930, Uecker was born in northern Germany and became an international reputation by incorporating nails into art. His iconic nail reliefs are arranged in tactile sculpture paintings and are exhibited in museums and political institutions around the world.

He died on June 10 at the age of 95.

The funeral at Schwerin pays homage to his close contact with Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Northeastern.

After starting his studies in former East Germany, Uecker moved to the western city of Düsseldorf in 1955, continuing his artistic research without being influenced by political dogma and inspired by new developments in abstract art.

Later, he became a pioneer in the Zero Avant-garde movement, aiming to create a new artistic beginning by exploring light, space and movement often using unconventional materials and techniques.

Uecker is on display in many countries, including dictatorship, with a humanitarian peace message.

After the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, he created a painting of ashes, advocated the indigenous Navajos, and presented human rights information in Beijing.

He held “events” at an event held in Kunsthalle Baden-Baden in 1968, such as kissing painter Gerhard Richter.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Uecker returned to Mecklenburg regularly to work and designed four blue stained glass windows for Schwerin Cathedral.