Stefano Arienti (born 1961) is an Italian artist whose art is inspired by the Arte Povera and Conceptual movements. He lives and works in Milan, Italy. He was born in

Asola, Lombardy Asola ( Upper Mantovano: ) is a comune in the province of Mantua, Lombardy (northern Italy). It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree of October 23, 1951. In 1516, when it was part of the Republic of Venice, it was unsucc ...

. His work is made of found materials such as magazines, postcards, newspapers and books. Source materials are transformed through minimal actions such as folding or puncturing done repeatedly and systematically. He has exhibited extensively and in 2005, th
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l'Arte
held a retrospective of his work. In 2008, Francesco Bonami curated the monumental exhibition "Italics: Italian Art between Tradition and Revolution, 1968-2008" at th
Palazzo Grassi
that included Arienti's ''Cassetto con strisce'', 1987-1989. In 2009, the exhibition travelled t
MCA Chicago
In 2007, Arienti was commissioned b
Art Pace
for their International Artist-In-Residence program. There he exhibited ''Library'', a landscape of 400 bushels of wheat and 99 books that were buried within. In the Fall of 2010, Arienti showed his third solo exhibition, ''natura, natura, natura'' at greengrassi in London, UK.greengrassi
Stefano Arienti - natura, natura, natura, 2010.

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Isabella Stuart Gardener MuseumFondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l'ArteMCA ChicagoArt PaceLehmann Maupin Gallerygreengrassi
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arienti, Stefano Italian contemporary artists Living people 1961 births Artists from Milan