- Arte Povera
The term Arte Povera (Italian for "Poor Art") was introduced by the Italian
art critic andcurator ,Germano Celant , in1967 . His pioneering texts and a series of key exhibitions provided a collective identity for a number of young Italian artists based inTurin ,Milan ,Genoa andRome . Their works were characterized by the use of extremely inexpensive media. Common materials included sticks, rocks, slate, rope and iron. The term "Poor Art" was not an attack on the artists, but rather a reference to the fact that any poor man or woman could get involved in the movement.The movement was particularly influential during the early 1970s in countries with large Italian migrant populations, such as Australia where major local practitioners included John Davis and
Domenico De clario .Artists
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Giovanni Anselmo
*Alighiero e Boetti
*Pier Paolo Calzolari
*Frank F Castelyns
*Rossella Cosentino
*Gino De Dominicis
*Luciano Fabro
*Jannis Kounellis
*Mario Merz
*Piero Manzoni
*Marisa Merz
*Giulio Paolini
*Pino Pascali
*Giuseppe Penone
*Michelangelo Pistoletto
*Gilberto Zorio External links
* [http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/arte-povera.html Arte Povera at Artcyclopedia]
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