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— Dadamaino (Edoarda Maino)

(1935, Milan, IT – 2004, Milan) studied medicine at the University of Milan. From 1959 participated in activities connected with the magazine Azimuth and the Galleria Azimut.
Exhib.: 1962, Nul, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.

— Radomir Damnjanović Damnjan

(1935, Mostar, today BA) studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Belgrade (grad. 1957, M.F.A. 1959). He lives in Milan, IT.
Exhib.: 1961, Jugoslawische Maler, studio f, Ulm. 1966, Venice Biennale.

— Elisa Debenedetti

([–], Turin, IT) studied history of contemporary arts at the University of Rome (1958 diploma). Taught art history at the University of Rome. 1970–1984 edited and directed the magazines Studi sul Neoclassico with Mario Bulzoni and from 1985 Studi sul Settecento Romano with Mario Bonsignori. She lives in Rome, IT.

— Narciso Debourg

(1925, Caracas, VE) studied at the Academia de Bellas Artes, Caracas (1940–1945). 1949 moved to Paris. Member of the group Los Disidentes. He lives in Paris, FR.
Exhib.: 1961, Bewogen Beweging, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. 1962, Anti-Peinture, Hessenhuis, Antwerp. 1966, Weiss auf Weiss, Kunsthalle Bern.

— Ernesto Deira

(1928, Buenos Aires, AR – 1986, Paris, FR) studied law at the University of Buenos Aires (grad. 1950) and painting under Leopoldo Torres Agüero and Leopoldo Presas. 1969 member of the Grupo de Arte y Cibernética Buenos Aires.
Exhib. and lit.: See: Grupo de Arte y Cibernética Buenos Aires.

— Gerardo Delgado

(1942, Olivares, ES) studied architecture at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Seville (grad. 1967). 1968–1973 participated in the seminars “Generación automática de formas plásticas” at the computer center of the University of Madrid. 1968–1973 taught at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Seville. He lives in Olivares.
Lit.: G. D., “Aplicación de las computadoras a la generación de formas plásticas,” in: Boletín del CCUM, April 1969, pp. 31–35.
Exhib.: 1969, Formas computables, computer center of the University of Madrid. 1970, Generación automática de formas plásticas, computer center of the University of Madrid. 1971, The Computer Assisted Art, Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones, Madrid.

— Hugo Rodolfo Demarco

(1932, Buenos Aires, AR – 1995, Paris, FR), self-taught artist. 1956–1959 taught painting and graphics in Buenos Aires. 1959 emigrated to Paris. 1960 founding member of the Centre de Recherche d’Art Visuel, but not active in the Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel (GRAV).
Exhib.: 1961, structures. l’art abstrait constructif des pionniers à nos jours. Galerie Denise René, Paris. 1965, The Responsive Eye, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. 1967, Lumière et mouvement, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.

— Jerko Denegri

(1936, Split, today HR) studied history and geography at the Viša pedagoška škola u Splitu in Split (1955–1958) and art history at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade (1954–1964, 1990 Ph.D. in history of contemporary art). 1965–1989 curator, Muzej savremene umetnosti, Beograd, Belgrade. Editor in chief of the contemporary art magazine Moment: casopis za vizuelne medije. Curator of the Yugoslavian contributions to the Paris Biennales of 1971, 1976, and 1983, and the Venice Biennales of 1976 and 1982. He lives in Belgrade, RS.
Lit.: J. D. and Ivan Čižmek, Radomir Damnjanović-Damnjan, Zagreb, 1966. J. D., Konstruktivno slikarstvo. Treća decenija, Belgrade, 1967. J. D., “Computers and Visual Research,” in: Umetnost, vol. 15, no. 7–9 and no. 10–12, 1969, n. p. J. D., “On the Occasion of New Tendency 4 and Computers and Visual Research,” in: Arhitektura i urbanizam, vol. 10, no. 56/57, 1969, n. p.

— Gabriele Devecchi

(1938, Milan, IT) attended the Liceo Artistico di Brera together with Davide Boriani and Grazia Varisco. 1959 founding member of Gruppo T. He lives in Milan.
Exhib.: 1966, Weiss auf Weiss, Kunsthalle Bern. See also: Gruppo T.
Lit.: See: Gruppo T.

— Antonio Dias

(1944, Campina Grande, BR) studied at the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro. 1966–1968 lived in Paris. 1968 moved to Milan. 1972 scholarship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York. He lives in Milan, IT.
Exhib.: 1965, Opinião 65, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro. 1965, Quatrième Biennale de Paris. 1971, Sixth Guggenheim International Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

— Lucia Di Luciano

(1933, Siracusa, IT). Member of Gruppo 63 and Gruppo operativo R. She lives in Rome, IT.

— Braco Dimitrijević

(1948, Sarajevo, today BA) studied at the Akademija likovnih umjetnosti u Zagrebu, Zagreb (1968–1971) and St Martin’s School of Art, London (1971–1973). In 1971, together with Nena Dimitrijević, he organized the Conceptual art exhibition At the Moment in the entrance hall of an apartment building at Frankopanska 2a in Zagreb. In 1971, he moved to London, and then to Paris in 1995. He lives in Paris, FR.
Exhib.: 1969, Suma 680, Galerija Studentskog centra, Zagreb. 1970, Some Changes. München, Amsterdam, London, Paris, Milano, Aktionsraum 1, Munich. 1971, Casual Passers-by, Galleria Lucio Amelio, Naples.
Lit.: B. D., Čovjek-stvaralac, vizija, osjećanje, stvaranje i djelo, exhib. cat., Galerija Studentskog centra, Zagreb, 1969. Nena Dimitrijević and B. D., In Another Moment, exhib. cat., Studentski kulturni centar, Belgrade, 1971. B. D., “Why Do I Paint like Pollock,” in: Why Do I Paint like Pollock, exhib. cat., Bitef and Galerija 212, Zagreb, 1972, and in: Studentski List Zagreb, February 20, 1973. Caroline Tisdall, Braco Dimitrijević, exhib. cat, Galerija suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb, 1973.

— Nena Dimitrijević

(1950, Šibenik, today HR) studied chemistry and technological studies at the University of Belgrade and art history and philosophy at the University of Zagreb. In 1971, together with Braco Dimitrijević, she organized the Conceptual art exhibition At the Moment in the entrance hall of an apartment building at Frankopanska 2a in Zagreb. In 1971, she moved to London, and then to Paris in 1995. She lives in Paris, FR.
Exhib.: 1971, At the Moment, Frankopanska 2a, Zagreb. 1971, In Another Moment, Studentski kulturni centar, Belgrade. 1972, Barry Flanagan’s Films, Galerija suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb.
Lit.: N. D. and Braco Dimitrijević, In Another Moment, exhib. cat., Studentski kulturni centar, Belgrade, 1971. N. D., “Siromašna i konceptualna umjetnost,” in: 15 dana: revija za umjetnost, kulturu, socijalna i ekonomska pitanja, 4/5, 1971. N. D., “At the Moment,” in: Studio International, February 1972.

— Milan Dobeš

(1929, Přerov, today CZ) studied at the Vysoká škola výtvarných umení v Bratislave, Bratislava.
Exhib.: 1958, [–], Galéria mladých, Bratislava. 1966, Interscéna, Prague. 1966, KunstLichtKunst, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven. 1968, documenta 4, Kassel.

— Juraj Dobrović

(1929, Jelsa, today HR) studied economics (grad. 1956) and art history (grad. 1961) at the Faculty of Economics and Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb. He lives in Zagreb, HR.
Exhib.: 1972, Venice Biennale.

— Branimir Donat (Tvrtko Zane)

(1934, Zagreb, today HR) studied Yugoslav languages and literature and comparative literature at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Zagreb, and at a special education teachers college in Zagreb. 1957 sentenced to 18 months in prison for a political offense. From early 1960s published under the pseudonym Branimir Donat in the cultural magazine Telegram. Co-founder and secretary of the magazine Kritika. 1972 became editor in the publishing institute Matica hrvatska. He lives in Zagreb.
Lit.: B. D., O pjesničkom teatru Miroslava Krleže, Zagreb, 1970.

— Piero Dorazio

(1927, Rome, IT – 2005, Perugia, IT) studied architecture at the Scuola Superiore di Architettura, University of Rome (1945–1951). 1946 founding member of the group Arte Sociale. 1947 founding member of Futura 1. 1948 member of Movimento Arte Concreta (MAC). 1946 founding member of group and gallery Age d’Or, Rome, Florence, and Milan. 1952 founder of the Fondazione Origine, an exhibition and documentation center for modern art, Rome. 1960–1970 teaching assignment at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, where he founded the Institute of Contemporary Art in 1963.
Exhib.: 1960, Monochrome Malerei, Städtisches Museum Leverkusen Schloss Morsbroich. 1960, Konkrete Kunst. 50 Jahre Entwicklung, Helmhaus, Zurich. 1960, Venice Biennale. 1965, The Responsive Eye, The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

— Gillo Dorfles

(1910, Trieste, IT) studied medicine and psychiatry. 1948 member of Movimento Arte Concreta (MAC), Milan. From 1960 professor of aesthetics at the University of Milan. 1956 co-founder of the Associazione per il Disegno Industriale (ADI) in Italy. He lives in Milan, IT.
Lit.: G. D., Discorso tecnico delle arti, Pisa, 1952. G. D., “Max Bense e l’estetica dell’informazione,” in: Rivista di estetica, Istituto di estetica dell’Università di Torino, 3, May–August 1958, pp. 261–271. G. D., Il disegno industriale e la sua estetica, Bologna, 1963.

— Ana Nuša Dragan

(1943, Jesenice, today SI) graduated in sociology and pedagogy from the Faculty of Liberal Arts at the University of Ljubljana. 1968–1988 collaboration with Srečo Dragan. 1968/1969 member of the group OHO. She lives in Ljubljana, SI.
Exhib.: 1968, Grupa OHO, Galerija Studentskog centra, Zagreb. 1968, Dokumenti o postobjektinim pojavama u jugoslovenskoj umetnosti 1968–1973, Salon Muzeja savremene umetnosti, Belgrade.

— Srečo Dragan

(1944, Spodnji Hrastnik, today SI) obtained a degree in painting from the Akademija za likovno umetnost, Ljubljana. Postgraduate studies at the painting department of the Akademija za likovno umetnost. 1968–1988 collaboration with Ana Nuša Dragan. 1968/1969 member of the group OHO. He lives in Ljubljana, SI.
Exhib.: 1968, Grupa OHO, Galerija Studentskog centra, Zagreb. 1968, Dokumenti o postobjektinim pojavama u jugoslovenskoj umetnosti 1968–1973, Salon Muzeja savremene umetnosti, Belgrade.

— Ángel Duarte

(1930, Aldeanueva del Camino, ES – 2007, Sion, CH) studied at the Escuela de Artes y Oficios, Madrid (1945–1948). He lived in Paris (1954–1968) where he attended the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. 1957–1962 founding member of Equipo 57. 1963 founding member of Association valaisanne des artistes. 1967 founding member of group Y, Sion, which disbanded in 1970. 1987 co-founder of Ferme-Asile, a cultural institution in Sion.
Exhib. and lit.: See: Equipo 57.

— José Duarte

(1928, Córdoba, ES) studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de Santa Isabel de Hungría, Seville. 1952 founder of the Escuela Experimental de Córdoba. 1956 moved to Paris. 1957–1962 founding member of Equipo 57. Member of the group Estampa Popular. He lives in Córdoba.
Exhib. and lit.: See: Equipo 57.

— Fanie (Francine) Dupré

(1944, Salagnac, FR) studied at the Institut polytechnique de Grenoble (1965–1967). 1969 founding member of the Groupe Art et Informatique de Vincennes. She taught information science at the University of Vincennes, now University of Paris VIII.
Exhib. and lit.: See: Groupe Art et Informatique Vincennes (GAIV).

— Jacques Dupré

(1943, Marseille, FR) studied at the Institut polytechnique de Grenoble (1964–1967). 1969 founding member of the Groupe Art et Informatique de Vincennes. Taught information science at the University of Vincennes, now University of Paris VIII.
Exhib. and lit.: See: Groupe Art et Informatique Vincennes (GAIV).

— Dviženije

is a group which was founded by Lev V. Nusberg in 1962 in Moscow, today RU. The first members were Mikhail Dorokhov, Francisco Infante-Arana, Viacheslav Koleichuk, Anatolij Krivčikov, Viacheslav Sčerbakov, Viktor Stepanov, and Rimma Zanevskaya. Later, Vladimir Galkin, Juri Lopakov, and others joined the group. From around 1966, Vladimir Akulinin, Galina Bitt, Tatiana Bystrova, Alexander Grigorjev, and Natalia Prokuratovawere also members. The group’s manifesto was written by Nusberg in 1966. In 1972, the group disbanded.
Exhib.: 1963, Exhibition of the Geometrical Works, Central House of the Artists, Moscow. 1965, Exhibition of the Kinetic Art of the Dviženije Group, House of the Architects, St. Petersburg. 1966, KunstLichtKunst, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven.