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L'Astronaute

L'Astronaute

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Year
1982
Medium
marble

Artist

Michelangelo Pistoletto
Michelangelo Pistoletto

Mixed Media

Italian painter, action and object artist, and art theorist. Pistoletto is acknowledged as one of the main representatives of the Italian Arte Povera. In 1961-1962 made the first Mirror Paintings, which directly include the viewer and real time in the work, and open up perspective, reversing the Renaissance perspective that had been closed by the twentieth century avantgardes.

Turin, Italy

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Year
1982
Medium
marble
Watts ID
WW-1982-542956

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wikidata
Status
verified

Artist

Michelangelo Pistoletto

Michelangelo Pistoletto

Mixed Media

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