As a co-founder of the ZERO movement alongside Uecker, Mack similarly explores light, texture, and kinetic energy through relief surfaces and repetitive material elements that create vibrating optical effects comparable to this nail composition.

Another ZERO group collaborator, Piene created densely textured mixed media works using repetitive physical elements to generate dynamic light and shadow interactions on surfaces, directly paralleling Uecker's nail relief technique and kinetic sensibility.

Fontana similarly transformed the physical canvas into a three dimensional tactile object through material intervention, using punctures and cuts to create textured surfaces that challenge the boundary between painting and sculpture in ways that resonate with Uecker's nail embedded compositions.