Arte Povera.0714845566 Arte Povera The term Arte Povera (Italian for poor art) was introduced by the Italian art critic and curator, Germano Celant, in 1967. His pioneering texts and a series of key exhibitions provided a collective identity for a number of young Italian artists based in Turin, Milan, Genoa and Rome. . Ed. by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev. Phaidon Press Ltd. 2005 304 pages $39.95 Paperback Themes and movements series N6918 Presented in an oversize o·ver·size n. 1. A size that is larger than usual. 2. An oversize article or object. adj. o·ver·size also o·ver·sized Larger in size than usual or necessary. Adj. 1. (9.75x11.5"), heavily illustrated format, this rich resource offers a full view of this Italian movement, with descriptions of exhibitions, artists, and documents. Giovanni Anselmo, Alighiero Boetti Alighiero Boetti (a/k/a Alighiero e Boetti), (b. 1940, Turin; d. 1994, Rome) is an Italian conceptual artist, considered to be a member of the art movement Arte Povera. Career , Pier Paolo Calzolari, Luciano Fabroa, and Emilio Prini are a few of the artists whose works are profiled. The primary sources include articles and statements by and about individual artists as well as writing by critics, and writings about other, comparable, or influential movements. A section of artists' biographies is included. The author is chief curator CURATOR, persons, contracts. One who has been legally appointed to take care of the interests of one who, on account of his youth, or defect of his understanding, or for some other cause, is unable to attend to them himself. 2. at the Castello di Rivoli, in Turin, Italy. ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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