Marisa Merz, the only woman who belonged and stood out in Arte Povera

July 29, 2019 at 17:35 hrs.


Marisa Merz, the only woman who belonged and stood out in Arte Povera


El is so varied and rich What could be said has as many aspects as artists. Each person prints their own conception and perception.

Marisa Merz (May 23, 1926 - July 19, 2019) is proof of this, the Italian sculptor she was the only woman related to the Poor art.

Little is known about Merz's personal appearance, but his work warns a lot about women.

He worked with aluminum, wire, copper, nylon, and so on. His compositions soon had a unique style, as well as a particular coherence with each other.

En 1968 participated next to her husband, Mario Merzin the exhibition Arte Povera + Azioni Povere, in Amalfi, Italy.

From that moment his work was exhibited in museums such as the Guggenheimo or the Metropolitan Museum of New York, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, the Tate of London or the Pompidou in Paris.

At 2013 received the León de Oro in the Venice Biennale Due to his artistic career.

Within its facilities it tried to have a organic dialogue and aimed at the relationship between art and life.

The one born in Turin died at 93 years old leaving a transcendent legacy for the art world.

What is povera art?

 

It comes from Italian and means poor art, this because they were used easily obtainable and commonly used materials such as branches, leaves, rocks, glass, fabrics, waste materials, etc.

They supposedly lacked value, so the artists wanted to give them prominence. His interest was toward nature and industrial, They finally rejected consumerism in art.

It was an artistic movement that was born in Italy, around the years 60.

Among its representatives can be mentioned Jannis Kounellis, Giovanni Anselmo, Gilberto Zorio, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Alighiero Boetti, Giuseppe Penone, Giulio Paolini and Luciano Fabro.