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Arte Povera: Materiality

Arte Povera: Materiality
Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 6:00 PM
Italian Cultural Institute – 500 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1450, Chicago, IL

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Arte Povera literally means “Poor Art”, art made with poor everyday materials—art in which the histories, identities, and trajectories of quotidian life challenge the purity and utopian ideals of the gallery space. In the hands of artists like Marisa Merz, Jannis Kounellis, Pino Pascali, or Michelangelo Pistoletto the irreverent materiality and textures of natural and man-made objects embody political statements challenging past and present cultural values. This lecture explores Arte Povera’s complex relationship with materiality and its persistent influence in contemporary art.

This is the second in a series of three lectures to explore the key artists and major innovations introduced by Arte Povera. The series looks at the international and local historical contexts from which Arte Povera emerged, starting from an exploration of the philosophical and artistic ideas that linked Northern Italy to France and the rest of the world. The final lecture in the series will be held on March 10th and will focus on the fraught relationship between urbanization and ecology.

Giovanni Aloi is an art historian in modern and contemporary art. He currently teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sotheby’s Institute of Art New York and London, and Tate Galleries. He regularly lectures on modern and contemporary art at the Art Institute of Chicago. His work has been translated in Italian, Chinese, French, Russian, Polish, and Spanish.

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