Artist: Pier Paolo Calzolari
Size: 100 x 140 cm
Museum: MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts (Rome, Italy)
Technique: Feather
Pier Paolo Calzolari employs diverse materials, privileging those that are “alive” and that change over time – like moss, tobacco leaves, ice and wax – a factor that places him close to the Arte Povera movement. Calzolari’s work has been characterised by a poetic of the sublime from his debut in the mid-1960s. This is reflected in the materials chosen and their living and transformative quality. His work is rich in emotive and sensorial cues, combining poetry and the everyday, simultaneously involving a number of senses and creating a unique experience. Between 1967 and 1970 the artist created a group of works, including this
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