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Mario Merz, the late, great proponent of Arte Povera, envisioned the contemporary artist as a nomad, ever mediating and meditating on the relationship between nature and culture. He began to make work after his arrest in 1945 for anti-fascist activities; confined to jail, he drew incessantly on whatever material he could find. After his release, he painted first in oil on canvas, then began to pierce the canvas--as well as objects such as bottles, umbrellas and raincoats--with neon tubes, symbolically infusing them with energy. In 1968, Merz adopted one of his signature motifs, the igloo, symbol of the transitory artist. At base a metal skeleton, the igloo could be covered with site-specific...
Published a century after the October Revolution and 50 years after Italian painter Renato Guttuso (1911-87) published his article "Avant-garde and Revolution" in the Italian Communist Party's Rinascita magazine, this book presents Guttuso's works since the '30s in conversation with his politics.
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Artwork by Peir Giovanni Castagnoli, Mainolif Maraniello.
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