Carla Accardi
| Carla Accardi | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 9, 1924 Trapani, Sicily, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died |
February 23, 2014 (aged 89) Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Education | Accademia di Belle Arti di Palermo |
| Known for | Painter |
Carla Accardi (October 9, 1924 – February 23, 2014) was an Italian painter who contributed significantly to the acceptance of abstract art in Italy. Accardi was born in Trapani, Sicily in 1924 and studied at the Academia di Belle Arti in Florence before relocating to Rome in 1946, where she would live until her death. Her early paintings focus on the use of color and geometric shapes, depicting circles and signs. Accardi started making her first paintings in black and white. During the 1960's she began painting abstract calligraphic shapes using blue or green hues on a red background. At this time she also began using a clear plastic material called Sicofoil. She used this material to make Tendas, or tents of clear plastic, which she adorned with painted forms. During the late 1970's she withdrew from art making to become part of the militant feminist movement with critic Carla Lonzi. She is considered a key member of the Italian Avant-Garde and her artwork influenced the Arte Povera movement in the late 1960's.[1][2]
In 1947, she co-founded the Forma 1 Marxist-inspired art movement[3] with Ugo Attardi, Pietro Consagra, Piero Dorazio, Mino Guerrini, Achille Perilli, Antonio Sanfilippo and Giulio Turcato. She first exhibited in the United States in 2001 at MoMA PS1.[4][5]
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
- 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
- Pantings 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 dellle 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
References
- ↑ "Carla Accardi Biography". artnet.com. Retrieved 3-4-2015. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - ↑ Pancotto, Pier. "Pier Paolo Pancotto on Carla Accardi". Artforum.com. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
- ↑ Smith, Roberta (2005-02-18). "ART IN REVIEW; Carla Accardi". New York Times. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
- ↑ MoMA PS1: Exhibitions: Carla Accardi: Triplice Tenda
- ↑ Artist Carla Accardi dies in Rome | News in Rome | Rome City Guide | Wanted in Rome
- ↑ "Carla Accardi Biography". artnet.com. Retrieved Mar 5, 2015.