Tag: Arte Povera
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Marisa Merz: Listen to the Space
Refusing completion, Marisa Merz’s works bear traces of the studio, materially suggesting a state of perpetual mutability and mobility
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Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Francis of Assisi, whose story began with a painting, has been depicted in more than 20,000 works of art. This exhibition offers an introduction to the visual biography of a saint who remains remarkably modern
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Bertille Bak – interview: ‘The world of art is a territory capable of giving space to artists who care about humanity’
At the Merz Foundation in Turin, on the occasion of its third art prize, Bertille Bak reflects on a Romany community living on the periphery in Paris
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Equilibrium: An Idea for Italian Sculpture
A striking exhibition presents works that examine and play with the notion and execution of equilibrium in a multifarious array of sculptural forms
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Ettore Spalletti: ‘A yellow can lead me so far away into the light that I don’t even know whether I’m an abstract or figurative painter’
On the opening of his exhibition at the Galerie Marian Goodman, the Italian artist recounts his ritualistic process, the elusiveness of colour and why paintings should be like churches
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Giorgio Griffa: A Continuous Becoming
With references to the Fibonacci sequence and the golden ratio, Griffa’s paintings are works to puzzle out and ponder
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Frieze New York 2017
The fair’s extensive list of programmes and projects, including a symposium on Latin American art, performances and films, celebrated diversity by including domesticated ‘others’, but failed to deal with the reality of the world outside the tent
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Giuseppe Penone: Fui, Sarò, Non Sono
Although he may not initially seem to possess the radicalism of his arte povera contemporaries, the Italian artist’s work abounds with mellow fruitfulness and measured contemplation
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Michelangelo Pistoletto: ‘The mirror is always part of one unique mirror. There is only one mirror that is fragmented in various moments and places’
In the startlingly altered states of Blenheim Palace, the multifarious Michelangelo Pistoletto spoke to Studio International about the history of time as captured in his Mirror Paintings, his rejection of the concept of a signature style, and the conviction that…
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Francesca Pasquali: ‘I have a contemporary view of art, so I want to draw materials from the world around me’
The Bolognese artist uses everyday materials and plastics to replicate natural folds and textures in a manner akin to the ideas of arte povera. Currently in London for two exhibitions, she speaks to Studio International about her inspirations and aspirations
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