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Museum of Modern Art
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Giovanni Anselmo
1934
SculptureArte Povera
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8
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19
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4
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Giovanni Anselmo is an Italian sculptor associated with Arte Povera, the post-war movement that prioritized raw materials and natural processes over craft refinement. His work, exemplified by Untitled (1968), engages directly with time and geological material, treating sculpture as a site where entropy and growth become visible. Anselmo employed granite, water, and other elemental substances to create works that document change rather than arrest it, positioning the artwork as an active temporal event rather than a finished object.
Source: Marian Goodman · Trust score: 100% · Updated 2mo ago
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Art Institute of Chicago
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