Reversing the Eye Photography, Film and Video in the Years of Arte Povera
May 17 – September 3, 2023
Triennale Milano – in collaboration with Jeu de Paume and LE BAL, two of the world’s leading visual arts institutions – presents the exhibition Reversing the Eye: Photography, Film and Video in the Years of Arte Povera, curated by Quentin Bajac, Director of Jeu de Paume, Diane Dufour, Director of LE BAL, Giuliano Sergio, independent curator, and Lorenza Bravetta, Curator for Photography, Cinema and New Media at Triennale Milano.
Presented in the two Parisian venues between October 2022 and January 2023, the exhibition features over 250 works by 49 artists exploring the relationship between arte povera and certain avant-garde movements, present in Italy in the late 1960s and early 1970s, with the languages of photography, cinema and video.
The aim of the exhibition is not to give an account of all the avant-garde movements present in Italy at the time, but to focus on the arte povera scene, as critic Germano Celant defined it in 1967. In response to American Pop Art and in conjunction with the activities of international conceptual artists, arte povera sought to bring art and life together. Although rarely associated with this trend, photography, film and video were widely used by its exponents and can therefore be counted among the arte povera media.
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Photo Credits: Piercarlo Quecchia DSL Studio