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The Arte Povera artistic current emerged within contemporary art. The term was coined by historian and art critic Germano Celant<\/strong> (Genoa 1940-2021).<\/p>\n

Arte Povera was founded in 1967 by 13 artists who in the early 1960s started producing works that crossed the traditional boundaries of painting and sculpture.<\/p>\n

The artists used various materials found in nature, such as water, coal, live animals, fire, iron, rags, plastic, earth, the desert, ice, and snow.<\/p>\n

In other words, anything found in nature and that cost nothing.<\/p>\n

Installations were popular.<\/p>\n

Many works were ephemeral and could be placed anywhere. Some were attached to ceilings, like Gilberto Zorio’s canoes.<\/p>\n

Others were placed on the ground, like Pino Pascali’s “bristle worms”.<\/p>\n

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Alighiero Boetti Arte Povera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The works didn’t need traditional containers. They were basically fluid, living in space, activating it, and charging it with energy.<\/p>\n

The artists included Giovanni Anselmo, Mario and Marisa Merz, Giuseppe Penone, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Alighiero Boetti, Giulio Paolini, Aldo Mondino, Sperone, Mario Ceroli<\/a>, Piero Gilardi, Jannis Kounellis, Alighiero Boetti, Gilberto Zorio, Giuseppe Penone, Emilio Prini, Pier Paolo Calzolari, and Luciano Fabro.<\/p>\n

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Oltramare by Giovanni Anselmo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mario Merz Igloo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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