Arte Povera

Relating contemporary art form to budget limitation, I can't skip looking at this historical phenomen Arte Povera. It encompassed the 60s and 70s years of the previous century in France and was a movements also be called the art of poverty or th Poor Art.
Arte Povera was formed of artists decided to question the mainstream art (one of which was the Pop Art) of that time creating art pieces using alternative materials to create paintings, sculptures and installations. The name of this art movement was often considered wrong because the art wasn't entirely made of cheap object. Some of the art pieces also contain glass and silk, which were quite expensive at that time.
One of the most important aspect of this movement was that it represented the daily life as some special and artistic. For that reason, nature and live objects were also very often included in their creations. Artist weren't afraid to express this idea by bringing breathing animals and plants.

Venus of the Rags, 1967

Michelangelo Pistoletto was one of the most famous artists involved in this movement. The "Venus of the rags" sculpture presents a typical contraversial piece of "Art Pover". It puts an everyday object such as the pile of clothes next to a sacral symbol of the Western art building a collaboration of opposition lighting the idea is that every item is equally artistic. Rags have been a main object in his scultures which is definitely an interesting approach for clothes' usage.

Small Monument, 1968

Orchestra of Rags, 1968

Columns of Rag, 1968

Another noticable artist from the Arte Pover movement was Pierro Gilardi who was widely famous in the 60s. His most significant work were the installations made of molded and painted polyurethane in the shapes of plants, and other landscape forms covering floors and walls. He also organised and work on a broad variaty of street theatre performances and protests analysing the art and culture of these years in his essays.

Pierro Gilardi work for  an exhibition in Nottingham Contemporary  in 2013

The examples of styles and artists from Arte Povera I chose for this articles to another point of view presented into my project - using the objects out of their purpose which I'm actually going to try while creating the final practical work.

sources:

Michelangello Pistoletto, n.d. Arte Povera [online] Available at: http://www.pistoletto.it/eng/crono09.htm# [Accessed 25/04/2014]
Alice Sanger, 2009. Venus of Rags [online]. Available at: http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/pistoletto-venus-of-the-rags-t12200/text-summary [Accessed 25/04/2014]

David Ebony, n.d. Pierro Gilardi [online]. Available at:  http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/magazine/piero-gilardi/ [accessed 25/04/2014]