Zero to Infinity: Arte Povera 1962-1972.TATE MODERN The Tate Modern in London is Britain's national museum of international modern art and is, with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, Tate St Ives, and Tate Online[1], part of the group now known simply as Tate. The development of 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. in Italy coincided with the rise of Minimal and Conceptual art conceptual art Any of various art forms in which the idea for a work of art is considered more important than the finished product. The theory was explored by Marcel Duchamp from c. 1910, but the term was coined in the late 1950s by Edward Kienholz. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , but while the sensibilities overlap, arte povera is distinguished by its embrace of the cultural and natural worlds and its tactile sense of materials. Cocurators Frances Morris, of Tate Modern, and Richard Flood, of the Walker Art Center, have assembled some 140 works--many of them last exhibited in the early '60s--that provide a view of the movement from its genesis. Arte povera "became international very quickly," says Morris. "The surprise is how Italian it is if you concentrate on the history, geography, politics, mythology." May 31-Aug. 19; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Oct. 13, 2001-Jan. 13, 2002; and other venues. |
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