Giovanni Anselmo
Giovanni Anselmo (5 August 1934 – 18 December 2023) was an Italian artist, who emerged after World War II within the art movement called Arte Povera. His most famous artwork is Untitled (Sculpture That Eats) (1968), a piece of art representing time and nature.[1]
Arte Povera movement
Born on 5 August 1934,[2] he participated in Arte Povera events starting in 1967, when he displayed his work in the context of the exhibition ConTempL'azione. This show was curated by Daniela Palazzoli in three galleries in Turin: Christian Stein, Sperone, and ll Punto.
Contemporary artists
Anselmo's work was shown alongside eleven other artists including Getulio Alviani, Alighiero Boetti, Luciano Fabro, Mario Merz, Aldo Mondino, Ugo Nespolo, Giuseppe Penone, Gianni Piacentino, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Paolo Scheggi, Gianni Emilio Simonetti, and Gilberto Zorio.[3]
Death
Anselmo died on 18 December 2023, at the age of 89.[4]
Works
Anselmo's first solo exhibition was in 1968 at the Galleria Sperone in Milan. One of his works from 1971 is titled Invisible.[5] Another from 1984 is titled senza titolo.[6] Anselmo participated in the Venice Biennales of 1978, 1980 and 1990. He held solo exhibitions around the world after debuting in Milan. His exhibitions were held in the Renaissance Society, Chicago (1997), Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels (2002), Museum Kurhaus Kleve (2004), Stedelijk Museum, Gent (2005), and Kunstmuseum Winterthur (2013) and his work has been present in the permanent collection at Collezione Maramotti since 2007.
References
- ^ Preckler, Ana Ma (2003). Historia del arte universal del los siglos XIX y XX - Volume 2 (in Italian). Editorial Complutense. p. 417. ISBN 8474917077.
Giovanni Anselmo (1934-) Nacido en Italia, Giovani Anselmo resulta uno de los artistas Povera más originales y líricos.
- ^ Profile of Giovanni Anselmo
- ^ Christov-Bakargiev, Carolyn (1999). Arte Povera. Phaidon Press. p. 52. ISBN 0-7148-4556-6.
- ^ Addio a Giovanni Anselmo, l’artista che si avventurò oltre i limiti del linguaggio (in Italian)
- ^ Polanco, Aurora Fernández (1999). Arte Povera (2nd ed.). Editorial NEREA. p. 87. ISBN 8489569312.
- ^ Dernie, David (2003). New stone architecture. Laurence King. p. 111. ISBN 1856693120.
For instance, the nature of stone, the mode of its fabrication and its structure, is the subject of senza titolo by Giovanni Anselmo (1984).
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