Marisa Merz: Ascoltare lo spazio / Listen to the Space
Marisa Merz (1926鈥�2019) was one of the leading figures of the post-war Italian art scene, and closely associated with the Arte Povera movement, the only woman to be so. The subtle power of her work reveals itself in an inwardly nourished vision. Her creations are characterised by silence, poetry, and the quest for the fragility of art, which parallels that of life.
In her studio, she transformed space and time into a collage using drawings, paintings, sculptures and installations. Marisa Merz moved in a virtuoso manner between European art history and everyday life. She used materials such as aluminium, clay, copper, nylon, wax, and fabric. Kunstmuseum Bern is dedicating the largest retrospective in Switzerland in thirty years to her work.
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Marisa Merz (1926鈥�2019) was one of the leading figures of the post-war Italian art scene, and closely associated with the Arte Povera movement, the only woman to be so. The subtle power of her work reveals itself in an inwardly nourished vision. Her creations are characterised by silence, poetry, and the quest for the fragility of art, which parallels that of life.
In her studio, she transformed space and time into a collage using drawings, paintings, sculptures and installations. Marisa Merz moved in a virtuoso manner between European art history and everyday life. She used materials such as aluminium, clay, copper, nylon, wax, and fabric. Kunstmuseum Bern is dedicating the largest retrospective in Switzerland in thirty years to her work.
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Marisa Merz (1926鈥�2019) was one of the leading figures in the post-war Italian art scene.
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