Carla Accardi
Carla Accardi | |
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 Carla Accardi in her studio in Rome, 1976 | |
| Born | 9 October 1924 |
| Died | 23 February 2014 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Education | Accademia di Belle Arti di Palermo |
| Known for | Painter |
| Movement | Abstraction, Feminism |
Carla Accardi (9 October 1924 – 23 February 2014) was an Italian abstract painter associated with the Arte Informel and Arte Povera movements, and a founding member of the Italian art groups Forma (1947) and Continuità (1961).
Biography
Born in the city of Trapani in Sicily,[1] Carla Accardi studied at the Accademia di Bella Arti in Palermo and Florence prior to moving to Rome in 1946. She founded the art group Forma in 1947 with fellow artists Pietro Consagra (1920-2005), Ugo Attardi (1923-2006), Antonio Sanfilippo (1923-1980), Giulio Turcato (1912-1995), Piero Dorazio (1927-2005), Achille Perilli, and Mino Guerrini, an Italian screenwriter, director, actor and painter. Accardi married Sanfilippo in 1949.[2] Work in Forma was inspired by futurism [3]Forma 1 had their first exhibition in Rome in 1947. Forma later helped lead to the development of movimento arte concreta.[3] Accardi's work became well known in France where the art critic Michel Tapie took an interest in her work.[4]
Work
Accardi's earliest paintings were self-portraits, but her move to Rome prompted more experimental work. In 1946, she joined the Italian avant-garde movement. In the 1960s, Accardi started making her first paintings in black and white, focusing on monochromy, color, and shapes.[5] The inspiration for her black and white paintings came from visiting Paris during her one-woman shows. There the contrasting static and energetic work of Alberto Magnelli and Hans Hartung inspired her to begin painting in black and white. These black and white paintings were referred to as her “Integrazione series”[6]
She transitioned to vibrant and intense colors in the mid-1960s, with Stella and II Stella (Star I and II).[7] She also began using a clear plastic material called Sicofoil, which she describes as "like something luminous, a mixing and a fluidity with the surrounding environment: perhaps in order to take away the totemic value of the painting."[7] She used this material to make Tendas, or tents of clear plastic, which she adorned with painted forms. After being exposed to these different forms of art, such as black and white painting and Sicofoil, she adopted greater variety of color once she reverted to canvas painting.[6]
During the late 1970s, she became part of the feminist movement with critic Carla Lonzi. Together, they founded Rivolta femminile in 1970, one of Italy's first feminist groups and publishing houses.[8] Accardi is considered a key member of the Italian avant-garde and her artwork influenced the Arte Povera movement in the late 1960s.[9][10] Accardi's first solo exhibition in the United States was in 2001 at MoMA PS1.[11][12]
Known works include: 1960 Bianco nero su turchese (1960), Azzurroviolarancio (1962), Bozetto Bronzo (1964), Segni Rosa and Verde (both 1968), Segni Rosa (1971), Per L'Infinito lo Scirocco (1987), Apparenti Tinte (1990), Grigio Rosso (1992), Verde Rosso (1997), Viola Arancio (2005), Blu (2007), Rosso du Grigio (2008), Senza Titulo (2011), L'Enigma dell'ora, Melodie Fluvial and Mistero en forme (2012).[13]
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
2007
- Galerie Greta Meert; Brussels
2004
- Macro Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Roma; Rome, Italy
- Galerie Meert Rihoux; Brussels, Belgium
2003
- Carla Accardi- Opere recenti, Galleria Astuni; Pietrasanta, Italy
2002
- Galerie Meert Rioux; Brussels
- Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Ljubljana; Slovenia
- Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Paris[7]
- Carla Accardi, Galleria Pecci; Milan, Italy
2001
- Triplice Tenda, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center; New York
- Carla Accardi. Premio Artista dell'anno, Palazzo Crepadona; Belluno
- Carla Accardi. Premio Artista dell'anno, Galleria Civica; Cortina d'Ampezzo
- Carla Accardi Disegni, Galleria Santo Ficara; Florence
2000
- Carla Accardi: Sicofoil, Galleria Massimo Minini; Brescia
- Carla Accardi: Opere recenti, Galerie Meert; Rihoux, Brussels
- Carla Accardi: Pietrose distanze, Galleria Astuni; Fano, Pesaro, Urbino
1999
- Carla Accardi: Triplice Tenda, Kunstmuseum; Bonn
- Transparences, Studio Simonis; Paris
1998
- Carla Accardi: Triplice Tenda, Castello di Rivoli; Turin
- Ambiente Arancio, Musee d-Art moderne et contemporain; Strasbourg, France
- Carla Accardi: Opere 1947–1997, Chiesa della Badia Grande e Laboratori Officina; Trapani
- Carla Accardi, Overbeck Gesellschaft; Lubeck, Germany
1997
- Galleria Cesare Manso; Pescara, Italy
- Galleria Vannuci; Pistoia, Italy
- Atelier del Bosco a Villa Medici, Academie de France; Rome
- Dove nasce il segno (oeuvres 1953) Studio Simonis; Paris
- Carla Accardi: Ambiente arancio 1967, Telecarte, Galerie Meert; Rihoux, Brussels
1996
- Stadtische Galerie; Wolfsburg
- Galleria Fumagalli; Bergamo
1995
- Kunstverein; Ludwishafen, Germany
- Galleria delle Arti; Citta di Castello, Italy
- Giochi galleggianti e trasparenze, Centro d'Arte Contemporanea Spazio Umano; Milan
1994
- Una forma d'esistenza, Fumagalli Arte Contemporanea; Bergamo
- Opere 1954–1993, Galerie Meert; Rihoux, Brussels
1950
- Carla Accardi. 15 Tempere Galleria Age d'Or; Rome, Italy
Group exhibitions
2007
- Carla Accardi meets Lucio Fontana, Martha Herford; Germany
2006
- Cenni e Barlumi, Galleria Massimo Minini; Brescia
- Infinite Space, Carla Accardi e Lucio Fontana. Galleria Sperone Westwater; New York
- Camere Chambers, Sound Art Museum; Rome
- Italy made in art – Now, MOCA Shanghai; Shanghai
- Venezia 1948-1986 - :a scena dell'arte, Peggy Guggenheim Collection; Venice
- Immaginario Femminile, Gall. Biasutti & Biasutti; Torino
2005
- Paintings 1955–2004, Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York and Casa italiana Zerrilli Marimo; New York University, USA
- Segnali italiani dalla collezione d'Arte Contemporanea alla Farnesina, Galleria dell Accademia serba delle Scienze e delle Arti; Belgrado
- Accardi Turcato. Carte, Galleria Santo Picara; Firenze
2004
- Forma 1 e I suoi artisti, Riga, Casa delle Terre Nere; Lettonia
- Capricci, Ex Pinacoteca Comunale; Assisi
- Accardi castellani Asdruball, Il ritmo dei sedni gall. Santo Picara; Firenze
- On Paper Carla Accardi, Francesco Impellizzeri, Gall, A.A.M. Architettura Arte Moderna; Rome
- Da Balla alla Transavanguardia, Triennale; Milan
- Carla Accardi, Valery Koshlyakov, Sissi, Macro, Rome Italy; Dorf in die Metropole Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden; Baden-Baden, Germany
2003
- Si adagiarono sparse, Magazzino d'Arte Moderna; Rome
- Incontri, Galleria Borghese; Rome
- Galerie Meert Rihoux; Brussels
2002
- TRE – generazioni a confronto III, L.I. Art Laboratorio Incontri d'Arte; Rome, Italy
2001
- Camera Italia, Vistamare associazione culturale; Pescara
- Visita Guidata, Calcografia Nazionale; Rome
- Artisti italiani del XX Secolo alla Farnesina Ministero degli Affari Esteri; Rome
- Italiens Klassische Moderne, Carla Accardi, Piero Dorazio, Achille Perilli, Frankfurter Westen Galerie; Frankfurt
- Belvedere italiano, 1945–2001. Linee di tendenza dell'arte contemporanea; Warsaw
- 1989- Berliner Mauer Kunst fur ein Europa im Aufbruch, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum/Fondation Corboud Josef-Haubrich, Kunsthalle Koln; Cologne
2000
- Miracoli a Milano 1955-1965 Artisti Gallerie Tendenze, Comune di Milano, Museo della Permanente; Milan
- Wollways, Fondation Pistoletto; Paris
- Novacento Arte e Storia in Italia, Scuderie Papali al Quirinale; Rome
- Verso Sud, Palazzo Doria Pamphilj; Valmontone, Rome
- Giganti, Scavi dei Fori Imperiali; Rome
- Biennale de La Havane
- Forma 1 e I suoi artisti, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea; Rome
- Artisti Collezionisti, Palazzo delle Papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea; Siena
1999
- L'ultimo Disegno del 1999, Zerynthia Associazione per l'Arte Contemporanea; Rome
- Minimalia, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center; New York
- Perhe?, presentazione del numero 1 della rivista, Fossa dei serpenti; Milan
- Fondo Oro, Accardi, Gilardi, Ontani, Paolini, Salvatori, Salvo, Galleria Santo Ficara; Florence
- Art Club 1945–1964, la linea astratta, Basilica Palladian di Vicenza; Vicenza
1947
- Arte giovane italiana; Prague, Czech Republic[14]
References
- ^ Great women artists. Phaidon Press. 2019. p. 21. ISBN 978-0714878775.
- ^ Gale, Matthew (2003). "Carla Accardi". Grove Art Online. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T000316.
- ^ a b “Italy[Repubblica Italiana]”. Oxfordartonline.com. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation".
- ^ Sperone Westwater (Gallery); Beatrice, Luca; Accardi, Carla; Fontana, Lucio (2006-01-01). Infinite space: Carla Accardi and Lucio Fontana. New York, NY: Sperone Westwater. OCLC 79493150.
- ^ a b “Accardi, Carla”. Oxfordartonline.com. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ a b c Criqui, Jean-Pierre. "Carla Accardi: Musee D'Art Moderne De La Ville De Paris. (Reviews: Focus)." Artforum International 40.8 (2002): 134. Academic OneFile. Web. 5 March 2016.
- ^ Cozzi, Leslie (2011-03-01). "Spaces of self-consciousness: Carla Accardi's environments and the rise of Italian feminism". Women & Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory. 21 (1): 67–88. doi:10.1080/0740770X.2011.563037. ISSN 0740-770X. S2CID 145216579.
- ^ "Carla Accardi Biography". artnet.com. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ Pancotto, Pier. "Pier Paolo Pancotto discussed Carla Accardi". Artforum.com. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ MoMA PS1: Exhibitions: Carla Accardi: Triplice Tenda; accessed 15 May 2015.
- ^ Artist Carla Accardi dies in Rome Archived 2014-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, WantedinRome.com; accessed 15 May 2015.
- ^ "Carla Accardi - 21 Artworks, Bio & Shows on Artsy". www.artsy.net. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ^ "Carla Accardi Biography". artnet.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
External links
- Biography of the artist Carla Accardi, at pontiart.com
- (IT) Exhibitions and Sales Market, at artemodernaitaliana.com
