Events

In this talk on 12 October, Martin Holman considers the materials that Merz and other artists associated with Arte Povera used in the 1960s and 1970s. What accounts for their choices? Were these artists distinct in their practices from their Italian contemporaries, and from the avant garde elsewhere, in their emphasis on materiality as the channel for meaning in the objects they created?

As a writer and exhibition organiser, Martin Holman was closely associated with the first solo exhibitions in British public venues by the Arte Povera artists Michelangelo Pistoletto (1991), Gilberto Zorio (2008) and Pino Pascali (2011). Formerly based in London where he wrote often about British contemporary artists, he currently lives in Italy.

This event is free of charge and open to all. 
It is not necessary to book, though seating is limited.

Other speakers in this series:

7 October, 7pm and 9pm

Lisa Le Feuvre (Henry Moore Institute), Curator tours

26 October

Nicholas Cullinan (Tate Modern), Merz's Legacies and Contemporary Art