ARS POVERA - germano celant - part 1 of 4

I loaned this enormously beautiful black and white, thick-paged, carefully designed book from the library: Ars Povera (1969, first edition, studio wasmuth, tübingen), with one of the earliest texts setting out to describe Art Povera by Germano Celant. 
Celant made a very strong selection of the period's most important and innovative practitioners, such as Walter de Maria, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Stephen Kaltenbach, Richard Long, Mario Merz, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Beuys, Eva Hesse, Michael Heizer, Ger Van Elk, Lawrence Weiner, Luciano Fabro, Bruce Nauman, Joseph Kosuth, Jan Dibbets, Giovanni Anselmo, Robert Barry, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Dennis Oppenheim, Barry Flanagan, Robert Smithson, Giulio Paolini, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Alighiero Boetti, Keith Sonnier, Giuseppe Penone, Franz Erhard Walther, Hans Haacke, Gilberto Zorio, Robert Morris, Marinus Boezem, Carl Andre, Emilio Prini, Richard Serra.

More images soooon !

above and below sea level

Johnny and Mary again and again and again

where to go?

beautiful luxembourg

Mark Pezinger Verlag adopts artists' books !

I very much support this new initiative by Mark Pezinger Verlag :

Their open call for new ADOPTIVES :

"Often self-published publications are hard to distribute and to access. We would like to adopt at least some of these rare, forgotten or invisible works in our program to bring them back into daylight. If you have a publication that you would like to have adopted, feel free to propose it to us."

Let's give it a go!

Feathered Freebooters & Night Birds

From the Dutch pocket books "Gevederde Vrijbuiters" & "Nachtvogels"

tour de force

happy ways

desire lines - olifantenpaadjes

from the book 'Desire lines - Olifantenpaadjes', with photos by Jan-Dirk van der Burg and graphic design by Erik Kessels 

wolkje

unknown

Wout Vercammen @ 'A well-considered idea of an exhibition in 3 parts', M HKA

Julien Meert @ 'Based Painting', Croxhapox

Panamarenko @ M HKA

James Ensor @ 'The Sea. Salut D'honneur Jan Hoet', Mu.ZEE

Jean Brusselmans  @ 'The Sea. Salut D'honneur Jan Hoet', Mu.ZEE

Guillaume Bijl & Jean Brusselmans @ 'Die Vierkantigste Rechthoek', Kunsthal Kade

Kris Martin  @ 'The Sea. Salut D'honneur Jan Hoet', Ostend

The Life of Man, according to Jan Steen in 1665

Jan Steen, Het leven van de mens ('The Life of Man'), c. 1665

"The curtain is lifted to give us a clear view of an inn, where young and old are enjoying eating, drinking, playing and flirting. Steen's message is concealed in a small detail by the window. Up in the dark attic, a boy is blowing bubbles next to a skull."

Part of the Mauritshuis collection 

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all works by Hans Koetsier