Marisa Merz is an Italian artist who was born in 1926 in Turin. She started her work in 1966 in Turin in her studio.
She works with aluminum sheets making spiral shapes into mobile and irregular, which opposed a metaphoric, and airy image. Her first works were shown to all artists officially in Arte Povera movement. She, Marisa Merz, was the only woman artist who associated with Arte Povera. In the year 1968, the Arte Povera + Azioni Povere had a group show and Marisa Merz exhibited few of her works. One of them was the beach rolled blankets packed with copper wire and tapes. It is called Senza titolo 1988. She sew coppers, draping aluminum, used clay, knead wax and made her works.
She was introduced as contemporary language sculpture technique. Which were shown traditionally parts as “women’s work”. The exhibition Arte Povera was to show the radical emergent style from the Italian artists of group. Those groups were people who like and begin to use and gather materials. Showing growth of feminism. Talking about fundamental issues that Arte Povera artist occupied Marisa Merz was joined in the Arte Povera + Azioni Povere as movement’s leading practitioners. She created works such as using her personal spaces in her home.…show more content… She carefully combines some of the works. As like small heads, leaf and some clays. The results from them were very unique. It shows that she will keep on renew works she had. The heard clay, which is slightly modeled, is showing time graced. The gold leaf that is thin facing the drawing portraits the feminine. People explore how dynamic she is
