Marisa Merz obituary

Italian sculptor who was the sole female artist associated with the arte povera movementMarisa Merz, who has died aged 93, was the only female artist associated with arte povera, the late-1960s Italian movement that favoured everyday, throwaway materials over traditional media such as oil paint and marble. Her sculptures of rolled-up blankets, held together with copper wire and tape, and abandoned on the beach, featured alongside those of Jannis Kounellis, Michelangelo Pistoletto and her husband