Carol Rama: Antibodies
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (997 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0915557150 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This catalog accompanying her New Museum exhibition features an interview with the artist by Lea Vergine, a new text by writer Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, and a contribution by artist Danh Võ.. Encompassing her entire career, it traces the development from her early erotic, harrowing depictions of “bodies without organs” through later works that invoke innards, fluids and limbs. While Carol Rama (1918–2015) has been largely overlooked in contemporary art discourses, her work has proven prescient and influential for many artists working today, attaining cult status and attracting renewed interest.Rama’s exhibition at the New Museum brings together over 150 of her paintings, objects and works on paper, highlighting her consist
(Lea Vergine Blouin Art+Auction) . (Jerry Saltz Vulture)As an artist, Rama has proven a force to contend with, time and again. a resistance to reduction (Cynthia Cruz Hyperallergic)Italian visionary Carol Rama, whose drawings bring us into the optical inner sanctums of sexuality, self-doubt, and female power