Wood, green and red colored synthetic material, shells and gravel
Italy, 1970s
Arte Povera
Guido Manerba – Italian artist of the 20th century, representative of Arte povera
7 lamps, thereof three as pairs and one as individual
1 pair of sculptures
Architectural formed bodies
Partially in reminiscence of the architecture of Venice
Set with shells or gravel
Heights: 74 - 219 cm
Good to very good condition
Interesting group of objects of Arte povera as reaction against the abstract art that was previously dominant in Europe
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Offered unique objects were part of a collection of works exhibited by Guido Manerba in a show titledMostra D‘Arte Naif della Conchiglia,which was held in August 1974 at the Galleria Milanarte in Rimini, Italy.

Condition:

The architectural objects are in a good to very good condition. In places smaller bumps can be seen. Several shells are missing. The plug of one lantern is missing and the head of a lantern has to be fastened. The heights of the objects range from 74 cm to 219 cm.

Arte Povera

Arte Povera (English ‘poor art’) was an art movement that began in the late 1960s in Italy, more precisely at the Galleria La Bertesca in Genoa, where in September 1967 the exhibition ‘Arte Povera e IM Spazio’ was held. For this exhibition, art critic and curator Germano Celant wrote a manifesto describing Arte Povera as turning away from iconographic conventions as well as from the traditional language of symbols. Arte povera turns trivial objects into works of art, whereby poverty of material and poverty of technical means are the main characteristics. With raw, simple materials such as felt, plants, rocks, etc., objects are being designed, the so-calledarchetypes. Among the protagonists of the Arte Povera were the Italians Alighiero Boetti, Luciano Fabro, Pino Pascalli and the Greek Jannis Kounellis. Joseph Beuys for example, also experimented with the style of Arte povera. (nlu)

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