Michelangelo Pistoletto is one of the most important
protagonists of the Arte Povera mouvement. He gained international recognition
with his “Mirror Paintings” in which life-size images of the human figure,
usually shown in arrested action, were applied to a polished stainless-steel
back-ground as if it were a canvas. Breaking down traditional notions
of figurative art, these works reflected the surroundings and the spectator
and so made them part of the work, linking art and life, the past and
the present in an ever-changing spectacle. In 1965, he began his series
Minus Objects, furniture-like sculptures that, instead of being yet
more objects in a commodity-obsessed society, offered rewarding psychological
and physical experiences for each individual viewer. In 1998 Pistoletto
founded in Biella Italy, Cittadellarte Fondazione Pistoletto, a center
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| exhibition view
Sfeir-Semler Beirut |
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| "up side down", 1976 160 x 80 x 65 cm |
"Mediterranean Flag (red)", 2005 102 x 183 x 2 cm |
"From Year One", 1962 - 1991 100 x 100 x 2 cm |
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