CAROLYN CHRYSTOV BAKARGIEV

"Estudio definitivo y antología clave de las obras de arte y los escritos asociados a este movimiento artístico. Arte Povera explora las relaciones entre la vida y el arte que se manifiestan a través de materiales naturales y artefactos creados por los hombres que se experimentan a traves del cuerpo. Incluye los trabajos de artistas de fama internacional como, Anselmo, Boetti, Calzolari, Fabro, Kounellis, Mario Merz, Marisa Merz, Paolini, Pascali, Penone, Pistoletto, Prini y Zorio, que se exhiben en grandes museos a lo largo del mundo.''

Arte Povera The definitive overview of this highly influential and innovative art movement, now available in paperbackEdited by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev The definitive overview and anthology of the artworks and writings associated with this influential art movement Arte Povera explores the relation between art and life, made manifest through natural materials and human artefacts, and experienced through the body Includes internationally renowned artists - Anselmo, Boetti, Calzolari, Fabro, Kounellis, Mario Merz, Marisa Merz, Paolini, Pascali, Penone, Pistoletto, Prini and Zorio - who are exhibited in major museums worldwide Extended captions and documents include numerous artists' statements translated into English for the first time It was in 1967 that critic Germano Celant defined as Arte Povera (poor art) the work of thirteen young Italian artists. Through sculpture and installation they explored the relation between art and life as it is made manifest through nature, elemental matter or cultural artefacts, and experienced through the body. Their innovative works are lyrical, open-ended combinations of unlikely fragments: a slab of marble with a lettuce, or fruit scattered amongst neon tubes, giving the most banal materials a metaphysical dimension. First exhibiting together in Italy in the late 1960s, artists Anselmo, Boetti, Calzolari, Fabro, Kounellis, Mario Merz, Marisa Merz, Paolini, Pascali, Penone, Pistoletto, Prini and Zorio went on to become internationally renowned. Bridging the natural and the artificial, the urban and the rural, Mediterranean life and Western modernity, Arte Povera's impact is still strongly resonant. Rome-based critic and curator Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev has written extensively on these artists. Her acute aestheticism brings the book to life: it embodies the essential in-depth survey of this groundbreaking movement, in a compilation that is as beautifully presented as it is intellectually rigorous. Survey Christov-Bakargiev's introductory essay covers all the key dates, players and issues of Arte Povera. Works provides an extensive colour plate section with extended captions for every artwork. Starting with 'Group Exhibitions', a chapter is th

The book takes its name from the phrase used by the critic Germano Celant in 1967 to define the work of 13 Italian artists. Bakargiev explains the work of these artists in the context of both the critics who shaped them, as well as a broader cultural context. Aimed at students of art and cultural history.