Luciano Fabro (1936-2007) Artforum

The artist Luciano Fabro, one of the principal protagonists of the Italian avant-garde movement known as arte povera, died Friday, June 22, at age seventy-one in Milan, reports the Italian site Teknemedia. Born in Turin, Fabro moved to Milan in 1959, continuing to live and work there until his death. In 1965, the artist had his first solo show, at Milan's Gallery Vismira, and in 1968 began his series of "Feet"—sculptures that used rich materials such as fine silk and marble, a sharp contrast to prevailing ideas about the arte povera movement. From the early 1980s, Fabro taught at the Accademia di Brera and the Casa degli Artisti in Milan. Fabro has had shows at numerous venues both in Italy and abroad, including the PAC Milano (1980), Castello di Rivoli (1989), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1992), the Centre Pompidou (1996), and Tate Britain (1997).