Index Code:

ART-STA-ANS

Orgin:

Italy

Field Notes:

Stones lettuce and clamps are arranged so the work exists only while tension is maintained

Defining Moment:

The granite block tied to lettuce piece where vegetable and weight together map a fragile system between nature and mass

Giovanni Anselmo

(

1934–

)

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Anselmo built a world where gravity, tension, and decay serve as structural forces.

His work reveals invisible energies as architectural conditions.

Structural Focus

Material as Condition

Material behavior determines outcome more than composition or image. Gravity, density, texture, or resistance guide form.

In Giovanni Anselmo’s work, this approach appears where gravity, tension, and duration determine form.

Position

Material as Condition

Material behavior determines outcome more than composition or image. Gravity, density, texture, or resistance guide form.

In Giovanni Anselmo’s work, this approach appears where gravity, tension, and duration determine form.

Material Intelligence

Material behavior actively determines structural decisions.

Systems of Clarity

Order and coherence arise through disciplined systems and constraints.

Atmosphere

Atmosphere accumulates through calibrated light, tone, and spatial pacing.

Material

Material behavior governs form through weight, resistance, and constraint.

Structure

Structure holds the work through rules, joins, and controlled relationships between parts.

Art

Form operates as a site for material, perceptual, and conceptual inquiry.

Arte Povera

Material immediacy and process resist refinement and spectacle.

Conceptual Art

Language, instruction, and proposition function as the work itself.

Giovanni Anselmo

Structural Focus

Material as Condition

Position

Material as Condition

Observartory

In Dialogue

Giovanni Anselmo

Structural Focus

Material as Condition

Position

Material as Condition

Observartory

By Structural Focus

In Dialogue