The unexpected subject - 1978 Art and Feminism in Italy
Flash Art Publishing, Milan
1st edition, 2019
18 x 24 cm, 216 pages
Good condition with light signs of use
This long out-of-print catalogue recounts the Seventies as a key phase in the history of Italian art of the 20th century, during which the spread of feminist thinking stimulated a new critical awareness that encouraged many female artists to rethink their role in society, life and art. Starting from a symbolic date, 1978, the year in which Mirella Bentivoglio presents more than 80 female artists at the exhibition Materializzazione del linguaggio on the occasion of the 38th Venice Biennale, the catalogue rereads the decade to focus on the close link between artistic practice and feminism. With works by Ketty La Rocca, Valie Export, Tomaso Binga, Carol Rama, Sanja Ivekovic, Lucia Marcucci, Paola Agosti,…
The unexpected subject - 1978 Art and Feminism in Italy
Flash Art Publishing, Milan
1st edition, 2019
18 x 24 cm, 216 pages
Good condition with light signs of use
This long out-of-print catalogue recounts the Seventies as a key phase in the history of Italian art of the 20th century, during which the spread of feminist thinking stimulated a new critical awareness that encouraged many female artists to rethink their role in society, life and art. Starting from a symbolic date, 1978, the year in which Mirella Bentivoglio presents more than 80 female artists at the exhibition Materializzazione del linguaggio on the occasion of the 38th Venice Biennale, the catalogue rereads the decade to focus on the close link between artistic practice and feminism. With works by Ketty La Rocca, Valie Export, Tomaso Binga, Carol Rama, Sanja Ivekovic, Lucia Marcucci, Paola Agosti,…