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Where does Michelangelo Pistoletto live?
Biella
Pistoletto lives and works in Biella and Turin.
What is Arte Povera movement?
Arte povera was a radical Italian art movement from the late 1960s to 1970s whose artists explored a range of unconventional processes and non traditional ‘everyday’ materials. Jannis Kounellis. Untitled (1968) Tate.
What is the characteristics of Arte Povera?
Arte povera means literally ‘poor art’ but the word poor here refers to the movement’s signature exploration of a wide range of materials beyond the traditional ones of oil paint on canvas, bronze, or carved marble. Materials used by the artists included soil, rags and twigs.
What influenced Arte Povera?
Arte Povera was a style of contemporary art inspired by the unconventional artworks of Piero Manzoni (1933-63), as well as earlier movements such as the Dau al Set (The Seven-Spotted-Dice association of Barcelona, c. 1948-53), and the Spatialism (Spazialismo) of Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), in Milan (c. 1947-60).
What is the concept behind Arte Povera?
Who coined the term Arte Povera?
critic Germano Celant
The term was coined by Italian art critic Germano Celant in 1967 and introduced in Italy during the period of upheaval at the end of the 1960s, when artists were taking a radical stance. Artists began attacking the values of established institutions of government, industry, and culture.
What are the characteristics of Arte Povera?
In its general sense, ‘Arte Povera’ (an Italian term meaning poor/impoverished art, allegedly derived from the ‘poor theatre’ of the Polish film director Jerzy Grotowski) describes a type of avant-garde art made from “found objects” including worthless materials, like soil, bits of wood, rags, scraps of newspaper.
Where did Arte Povera originate?
Italy
Arte Povera (pronounced [ˈarte ˈpɔːvera]; literally poor art) was an art movement that took place between the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s in major cities throughout Italy and above all in Turin. Other cities where the movement was also important are Milan, Rome, Genoa, Venice, Naples and Bologna.