Representative work by Giovanni Anselmo
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Artist

Giovanni Anselmo

1934–2023 · Italian · Based in Turin, Italy

  • Self-taught Arte Povera Pioneer
  • Arte Povera
  • Sculpture

Giovanni Anselmo used stone, lettuce, wire, gravity, projection and invisible forces to make sculpture behave as a temporary equilibrium rather than a fixed object. His works often stage the relation between material mass and energies such as gravity, tension, orientation and decay.

Sculpture; installation

Gallery Representation

Major Works

  • 1968Untitled (Eating Structure)
  • 1968Torsione
  • 1967–68Direzione
  • 1971Infinito
  • 1972Particolare
  • 1971Entrare nell’opera
  • 1968Senza titolo
  • 1982Grigi che si alleggeriscono verso oltremare
  • 1967Mentre la terra si orienta
  • 1984Il panorama verso oltremare

Museums & Public Collections

Interviews & Writing

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