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SUMMARY:The Production of the Self: Marisa Merz Study Day & Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Coming of age in Italy in the turbulence of the 1960s\, Mari
 sa Merz (1926–2019)&nbsp\;occupies a unique and pivotal position in th
 e history of post-war Italian art. Following her first solo exhibition a
 t Turin’s Gian Enzo Sperone Gallery in 1967\, she participated as the 
 only woman artist in exhibitions later associated with Arte Povera—a t
 erm coined by curator Germano Celant to describe a rising ‘guerrillaâ€
 ™ art movement made up of artists whose work emphasized process and the 
 use of unconventional materials in an attempt to connect art and life. I
 mbuing the ordinary with redemptive and revelatory qualities\, Merz’s 
 sculptures\, paintings\, and drawings characteristically employ malleabl
 e materials like copper wire\, wax\, and unfired clay. For many years\, 
 Merz refrained from dating her artwork and presenting it in traditional 
 exhibition settings. This selective participation marginalized the artis
 t from inclusion in the larger art system\, further propelled by the way
 s in which that same system centered on the work of men. As can be infer
 red\, Merz held a debatable position amongst her Arte Povera contemporar
 ies as she developed a singular practice that reflects a continuous expl
 oration of the tensions between the domestic and the public – describi
 ng her work as lavoro di&nbsp\;casa&nbsp\;(housework) – as well as the
  spiritual and the profane – harkening back to Italian inter-war trend
 s like the antigrazioso(anti-graceful) forms of the Futurists and the ra
 refied atmospheres of the ritorno all’ordine(return to order) movement
 .\n\n\n\nToday\, Merz’s oeuvre has received international acclaim\, be
 ginning with a solo exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in 1994 and\, more
  recently\, a retrospective that travelled from the Metropolitan Museum 
 of Art in New York to the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles in 2017. Currentl
 y on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Artis a gallery dedicated to the
  artist’s work across several decades.\n\n\n\nIn conjunction with this
  presentation\, the Philadelphia Museum of Art is hosting The Production
  of the Self:&nbsp\;Marisa Merz Study Day &amp\; Workshop&nbsp\;on Frida
 y\, 24 April 2020&nbsp\;from 10:00 AM –5:00 PM\, which will include in
 vited speaker presentations as well as round-table discussions\, precede
 d by a Keynote Public Lecture on Thursday\, April 23. Organized by Dr. L
 ara Demori\, The Marcello Rumma Fellow in Contemporary Italian Art and A
 manda Sroka\, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art\, this Study Day not
  only pays homage to Merz’s life and legacy\, but it also aims to disc
 uss aspects of the artist’s practice often overlooked by scholarly cri
 ticism.
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