SINCE 1828
arte povera
noun
ar·te po·ve·ra
| \ ˈär-tā-pō-ˈver-ə
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variants:
or Arte Povera
Definition of arte povera
: an art movement originating in Italy in the 1960s characterized by experimentation with simple, everyday materials (such as paper, rags, or twigs) and concerned with challenging conventional elitism in the mainstream art tradition
… the metaphysical yearnings of the Surrealists and the material curiosity of Arte Povera. — New York Times, 6 June 2008
also
: art associated with this movement
Some of the sculpture she produced showed the “getting back to essentials” that characterizes work known as Arte Povera. — Alan G. Artner, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 1988 … an exhibition of over 140 works by young, relatively unknown European artists that will concentrate heavily on arte povera, conceptual art and all the other latest attempts to make news. — New York Magazine, 11 Sept. 1972 Once again, this ageing master of arte povera is seeking to fashion some fragile poetry out of the meetings of inglorious factory substances. — Jannis Kounellis, Sunday Times (London), 2 May 2010
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