Arte Povera
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Arte Povera is an Italian avant-garde art movement from the late 1960s characterized by the use of everyday or “poor” materials to challenge traditional notions of art and value.
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art movement
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avant-garde movement ⓘ |
| characteristic |
anti-elitist stance toward art
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critique of consumerism ⓘ critique of industrialization ⓘ emphasis on process over finished object ⓘ fusion of art and everyday life ⓘ rejection of traditional artistic materials ⓘ site-specific installations ⓘ use of ephemeral materials ⓘ use of raw, unprocessed matter ⓘ |
| coinedBy | Germano Celant ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| field | visual art ⓘ |
| genre | contemporary art ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure |
Alighiero Boetti
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Germano Celant ⓘ Giovanni Anselmo ⓘ Giulio Paolini NERFINISHED ⓘ Jannis Kounellis ⓘ Luciano Fabro NERFINISHED ⓘ Giuseppe Penone ⓘ
surface form:
Mario Merz
Marisa Merz ⓘ Germano Celant ⓘ
surface form:
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Pier Paolo Calzolari NERFINISHED ⓘ Pino Pascali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfName | Italian ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfWork |
installation
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mixed-media assemblage ⓘ performance ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| inception |
1967
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late 1960s ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary sculpture
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environmental art ⓘ installation art ⓘ relational aesthetics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Conceptual art
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Dada ⓘ Italian postwar politics ⓘ Marxist thought ⓘ Minimalism ⓘ |
| locationOfFormation |
Genoa
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Rome ⓘ Turin ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
critique of economic value in art
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political and social change in 1960s Italy ⓘ relationship between nature and culture ⓘ |
| movement |
conceptual art
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postminimalism ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
formalism in art
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traditional sculpture ⓘ |
| periodOfActivity |
1970s
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late 1960s ⓘ |
| translationOfName | “poor art” ⓘ |
| usesMaterial |
everyday materials
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industrial materials ⓘ organic materials ⓘ “poor” materials ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain