Marisa Merz developed one of Arte Povera’s most singular practices from aluminum sheeting, copper wire, clay, wax, knitting, drawing and small sculpted heads. She often worked within domestic space and resisted the heroic scale and rhetoric associated with many of her male peers.
Sculpture; installation; drawing; painting
Major Works
- 1966Living Sculpture
- 1968Untitled (Scarpette / Little Shoes)
- 1960sUntitled (Copper Wire Knitting)
- 1966Untitled (Aluminum structures)
- 1980s–2010sUntitled (Heads)
- 1968Bea
- 1960sUntitled (Blanket)
- 1980sUntitled (Clay and gold leaf head)
- 1970s onwardUntitled (Drawing series)
- 1967Fountain
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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