gunther Uecker

In 1957 he embarked on a series of 'nail reliefs', since he considered the two dimensional lines in drawings to be lifeless. Nails gave him the opportunity to make three-dimensional lines. He went on to try making the 'lines' of the nails part of the actual space by shooting arrows on a canvas. The monotonous ritualistic repetition of hammering nails was a form of therapy for Uecker, of which the shootingof arrows was a part. -p.163