On the occasion of the Boetti–Salvo Vivere lavorando giocando on MASI’s second floor, a separate exhibition took place in the nearby Spazio -1 Collezione Olgiati aimed at describing Turin’s artistic climate in the 1960s and 1970s. This period of great expressive vibrancy, beginning in 1967 when the Arte Povera movement, inspired by the critic Germano Celant, first got underway. It was significant to focus on the context of Boetti’s and Salvo’s activity to emphasize the specific cultural milieu that encircled the production of their work. From 1966 to 1973, Turin was the stage of a once-in-a-lifetime meeting of the minds and forces that gravitated around the Galleria Sperone, where Alighiero and Salvo also held several solo shows.

Hosted by Spazio -1, Torino 1966-1973 presents 30 selected works—some of which are seminal—by Giovanni Anselmo, Alighiero Boetti, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Luciano Fabro, Piero Gilardi, Mario Merz, Marisa Merz, Aldo Mondino, Giulio Paolini, Giuseppe Penone, Gianni Piacentino, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Emilio Prini, Salvo and Gilberto Zorio. The aim of this event is to reconstruct the intense artistic scenario where Boetti and Salvo ventured down their own respective paths. The research they carried out conversed with that of their fellow Poveristi, and was triggered by a complex game of cross-pollinations and reciprocal distance-taking.
Many of the works on display are from the Collezione Olgiati, a collection that focuses principally on Italian art from the 20th and 21st centuries, for which Spazio -1 is a permanent exhibition site, while others are from a major long-term loan to MASI, and temporary loans from museums and private collectors.