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On the occasion of the celebration of the 150 years of unity of Italy, the famous artist, critic and curator Germano Celant has organized a series of events and curated a series of samples in honor of the “Arte Povera”, one of the Italian movement that encouraged – more significantly – the artistic creation of the post war period. This current, which was known nationally and internationally only during the late Sixties, was based on the realization of works of art through the use of material considered “poor”, ie low economic value. Thus, using glass, wood, leaves or rocks, metal plates, coal, and others. The only rule that moved the current was to find easily available materials and create a work of art – with its auratic value – from what could be considered trash.
The reason was a metaphorical escapade from the distribution of the art, and the desire to advance towards a different approach, avoiding the realization of distance-generating objects in the viewer, but creating works that invite to interact with them. In this sense, Arte Povera is very committed to a social level, offering a strong critique of the media, as well as rejecting the reductive images and creations of serial pop art or minimalism. It is for these reasons, that this art proposes an interesting extremism at the operational level and which also highlights a strong belief in the spontaneity of the creative act, and a desire to recover the utopian dimension of artistic creation.
Until January 8th, at the Maxxi museum in Rome, you can visit the exhibition “Homage to the Arte Povera”, created and curated by Germano Celant, the critic and curator who used for the first time the term “Arte Povera” for this type of art (in 1967, for the catalog of the exhibition “Arte Povera – my Spazio”). The MAXXI exhibit presents to major installations by Gilberto Zorio and Jannis Kounellis, who interact with the work “lymph Sculptures” by Giuseppe Penone, which is part of the museum´s permanent collection. Kounellis´s work (on the first floor) is a large installation, produced by the accumulation of discarded metal plates. On the other hand, Zorio proposes a specific site installation (precisely made for the space assigned in this sample), entitled “Canoe Rome.” Finally, Giuseppe Penone, with his “lymph Sculptures” sums up one of the most common research areas of Arte Povera, through the dialogue between artificial and natural elements.
For more information: http://www.fondazionemaxxi.it/?p=11748
So we recommend that you do not miss the opportunity to visit one of the most significant art movements in Italy. It will be worth it if you are in the Italian capital, you can rent apartments in Rome and enjoy a stay devoted to art and culture.
Translated by: Marc
