Arte Povera
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Arte Povera
C20: Italian, literally: poor art
Example Sentences
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The "Venus of the Rags", a symbol of the Arte Povera movement which counts Pistoletto among its leading members, shows the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility standing next to a pile of rags.
From Reuters • Jul. 12, 2023
Back in 1967, Arte Povera artists in Italy, the radicals of their time, hung out at the Piper Club, a discothèque of, by and for the avant-garde in Turin.
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2022
Yet Rauschenberg surely shaped Arte Povera more than it shaped him.
From New York Times • May 24, 2022
In an Arte Povera twist, scores of ordinary purple egg cartons stapled to the back wall provided a “futuristic” spaceship interior, suitable for daydreams arising from a kid’s playroom.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2022
The Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto — a leading member of the Arte Povera movement, which sought to strip art to its essentials — has been known to take sledgehammers to his famous mirror works.
From Washington Post • Jun. 5, 2020
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