Born in 1940 in Turin, Alighiero Boetti is one of the key figures of Arte Povera.

Boetti moved to Rome in the early 1970s, where his interest in systems, mathematics, and language became a central element of his practice. His preferred themes became order and disorder, chance and duality.

His works often play with timelines and geographical boundaries, particularly those related to dates and calendars.

Believing that the making of his works could be delegated within the framework of collaborations, the artist developed a mode of artistic outsourcing during a trip to Afghanistan, where he discovered the traditions of local weavers.

He entrusted Afghan women with the creation of woven tapestries, such as the Mappa and Arazzi series.

This approach reflects the artist’s political commitment and his conception of the artwork, grounded in the erasure of his own subjectivity in favor of external collaboration.

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