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Arte povera / Robert Lumley.

By: Series: Movements in modern artPublication details: London : Tate Publishing, 2004.Description: 79 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 1854375881
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Contents:
1. Movement and criticism -- 2. Place and space -- 3. Materials, energy and process -- 4. Language, identity, play -- 5. After Arte Povera.
Summary: The term Arte Povera was coined in 1967 by the critic Germano Celant to describe a group of Italian artists making work that used the simplest means to create poetic statements based on events of everyday life. Seen as a reaction against the commercialism of the art market and the dominance of American Minimalist and Pop art, the work demonstrated a keen hunger to explore new materials. In this fully illustrated survey, Robert Lumley provides a concise and highly readable interpretation of Arte Povera informed by extensive interviews with the artists themselves.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Book Book CGLAS Library Yellow 709.450904 LUM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 02403

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 76-77) and index.

1. Movement and criticism -- 2. Place and space -- 3. Materials, energy and process -- 4. Language, identity, play -- 5. After Arte Povera.

The term Arte Povera was coined in 1967 by the critic Germano Celant to describe a group of Italian artists making work that used the simplest means to create poetic statements based on events of everyday life. Seen as a reaction against the commercialism of the art market and the dominance of American Minimalist and Pop art, the work demonstrated a keen hunger to explore new materials. In this fully illustrated survey, Robert Lumley provides a concise and highly readable interpretation of Arte Povera informed by extensive interviews with the artists themselves.