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Artist Michelangelo Pistoletto purchased a plastic Venus sculpture at a garden shop in 1967, and placed it in his studio facing a pile of rags. The clash of the Roman goddess of love and beauty with the discarded rags became a hallmark work of the Arte Povera movement.
Arte Povera asserted that art could include inexpensive, everyday materials. Pistoletto would go on to make versions of his signature sculpture and become a leader of the movement.
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Michelangelo Pistoletto (Italian, born
1933). Venere degli stracci dorata (Golden
Venus of the Rags), 1967-71. (Photo:
Madison McGaw)