the progressivness of art.mekaniks

The works reflect the Arte Povera (60s) artists desire to break down the
separation between art and life and an almost alchemical interest in
employing unorthodox materials, including coal, wood, silk, glass,
live animals, and plants. Their radical attitudes and anti-hierarchical
approach to materials were intentionally contrary to traditional
artistic practice, specifically the supremacy of painting, at the same
time that Pop art was giving way to Minimalism and Conceptual art
in the United States.

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