Arte Povera
Some of the major figures from the neo avant-garde and the Arte Povera heritage among the artists in the Collection
Senza titolo (2001) by Jannis KounellisMinistero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale. Collezione Farnesina
The movement, defined by Germano Celant at the end of the 1960s, is characterized by the use of various materials, such as rags, sacks, wood, iron, lead, paper, animal skins, and so on.
In the work by Jannis Kounellis, a raw iron sheet holds a series of shelves, where jute sacks containing coal and lead plates are set. All those supplies refer to time, history, and ultimately to the ancestral human ability to process the materials.
Love Difference - Mar Mediterraneo (2003) by Michelangelo PistolettoMinistero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale. Collezione Farnesina
Michelangelo Pistoletto, "Love Difference-Mar Mediterraneo"
The Farnesina Collection acquired Michelangelo Pistoletto 's "Love Difference", part of the artistic Movement for an Inter-Mediterranean Policy, when he was awarded of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale in 2003.
The work consists of a mirror table shaped like the Mediterranean basin, surrounded by chairs from each of the different countries bordering on the sea, varying in size, colour and materials.
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Mario Ceroli, "Bocca della verità"
Mario Ceroli is a master in the art of processing and transforming materials; here he presents a reinterpretation of the “Bocca della verità” made using untreated wood for crates.
Bocca della verità (1965) by Mario CeroliMinistero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale. Collezione Farnesina
His love for this material started when he saw a group of people pruning trees on the Lungotevere. “That is how I started making these things from wood,” the artist said. He creates contemporary reinterpretations of artworks from the past.
IN-ES (2012) by Giuseppe MaranielloMinistero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale. Collezione Farnesina
The use of recycled wood is also visible in the works by Giuseppe Maraniello, whose “In-Es”...
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... and “At-tratti” are part of the Collection.
Alato (1991) by Carlo LorenzettiMinistero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale. Collezione Farnesina
The influence of Arte Povera is also evident in the work by Carlo Lorenzetti, here displayed a roughly embossed metal slab.
The story is created in collaboration with Touring Club Italiano
Courtesy Mario Ceroli, Archivio Jannis Kounellis, Giuseppe Maraniello, Carlo Lorenzetti, Fondazione Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto.
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