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arte povera

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huge impact on West EU art
Italy in the 1960s
Marshall Aid, axis powers
became synonymous with something trendy, fashionable, marketable
uneven, most of the country was rural and provincial - Marcovaldo
1970s - Years of Lead
not a term used by the actual artists
truth to the experience
no recognisable style, often 3D, incorporated film, performance

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Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale

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1959

sense of the organic line

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Piero Manzoni, The Base of the World

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1961

ironic, insincere

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Pistoletto, Minus Objects

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refusal to connect works, disparate, eclectic mix of materials and forms inc. found objects and sculptures

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Anselmo, Torsion

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1968
twisted piece of rope 
anti-image
informed by Grotowski, rich comm. between It and Poland 
notion of presence v important
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Anselmo, Respiro

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1969
engage with the title
It’s economic trajectory