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“I have done a lot of work with the concept of order and disorder… when I look at these pairings of apparently antithetical concepts, I think that everything contains its opposite.” – Boetti, 1988

Born in Turin, Italy, in 1940, Alighiero Boetti quickly gained recognition in the Arte Povera movement in the late 1960s. Incorporating simple materials such as cardboard and metal was Boetti’s way of recalling the curious and playful gestures that are instinctive in children. He had already shown several times in Milan and Turin and was then invited to participate in an exhibition curated by Harald …