Giovanni anselmo biography
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Giovanni Anselmo
Italian artist (1934–2023)
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.
Giovanni anselmo artwork
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 and contunues to be shown alongside that of numerous other artists mostly from the Arte Povers pantheon, 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