A significant chunk of the collection is devoted to the northern Italian Arte Povera movement of the 1970s and»80s, which has been having a renaissance on the secondary market over the past decade, with numerous works by leading names like Mario Merz, Michelangelo Pistoletto, and Jannis Kounellis. (galeriemagazine.com)
In comparison, the Italian Arte Povera movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s comes to mind for its minimalist aesthetic, emphasis on action, and simple, everyday objects. (sfaq.us)
Clemente, however, felt a greater affinity with the previous generation of Arte Povera artists in Italy and responded to their adaptation of classical forms and myths in their work and fascination with the transformative power of alchemy. (nsuartmuseum.org)