Zero to Infinity: Arte Povera: 1962-1972

About this book

Zero to Infinity: Arte Povera 1962-1972 focuses on one of the most innovative and influential art movements of the postwar era. Arte Povera came of age in the context of the Italian miracle economic boom and the subsequent student and workers revolts of 1968 motivated by an urge to revolt not only against the primacy of painting in the postwar period but also against the emerging consumer culture. This exhibition and its accompanying catalogue provide a highly comprehensive retrospective of the Arte Povera movement as a historical and aesthetic phenomenon that crossed a wide range of disciplines including sculpture installation drawing photography film and performance. The exhibition traces Arte Poveras genesis within the artistic and political context of Italy to its positioning within the broader international context of postwar artistic practices a moment marked by the participation of the Arte Povera group in the 1972 Documenta V exhibition in Kassel. This essential new catalogue is designed by the Walker Art Centers award-winning design department and includes a wide range of essays by international scholars and curators as well as rare historical documentation in an unprecedented re-examination of the Arte Povera movement.