Mario Merz

Italian artist

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In Western painting: Germany and Italy: Joseph Beuys and Arte Povera
…Luciano Fabro, Giovanni Anselmo, and Mario Merz preeminently—were united in attempting to shake off their nation’s tradition-bound view of aesthetics, but they were also deeply engaged with social issues and with reinstalling a metaphysical content into art. Like Beuys, they often made use of unusual, organically based materials. In Pistoletto’s…
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