Dear Research Diary,

Yesterday I read a chapter on Giovanni Anselmo following professor Dohna’s advice of taking a good look at a couple of artworks and trying to figure out how each artist individually fits into the movement. The opening part said that Arte Povera did not in reality have a manifesto, Celant’s work is only considered that way in the light of its context in the avant-garde form. In reality they were only essays for exhibitions which served the purpose of a traditional manifesto by outlining basic trends that unify the movement as a whole. Anselmo fits into the category of somebody who deals with the thread of the natural and the artificial and the invisibility of natural forces within consumer society and the world of production. His most notable works are Scultura che mangia, Senza Titolo (plexiglass and iron bar) and Torsione which all embody the forces of nature which help the artist, and therefore he considers them “materials” in his work. 

Senza Titolo, the rock shows potential energy, gravity will be shown if it falls.