Arte Povera describes art that uses simple, often temporary materials to challenge elitism.

The term now mainly refers to Italian artists from that time who explored tensions between the natural and man-made. See these works in #ByWayOfGuggenheim, on view now.

Pictured: #PieroManzoni, "ACHROME," 1961.
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