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Piero Manzoni Quotes

Italian artist (1933-1963)

Piero Manzoni (July 13, 1933 – February 6, 1963) was an Italian artist; best known for his ironic and independent approach to avant-garde art. Often his art is compared to the work of Yves Klein. He had a lot of influence on the later Italian w:Arte Povera and the w:Zero artists.

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Alternative Names: Piero Meroni Manzoni di Chiosca e Poggiolo • Piero Manzoni di Chiosca e Poggiolo

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Similar: Hans Hofmann 50.8% Paul Klee 49.8% Piet Mondrian 49.3% Mark Rothko 49.1% Wassily Kandinsky 48.9% Marcel Duchamp 48.6% Antoni Tàpies 48.3% Robert Motherwell 48.1% Andrei Tarkovsky 47.9% Pablo Picasso 47.8%
..a single uninterrupted and continuous surface from which anything superfluous and all interpretative possibilities are excluded. [referring to his 'Achromes', Manzoni started to make in 1957]

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