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9/1/2005

Carla Accardi

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo', New York

An exhibit of renowned Italian artist Carla Accardi, back in New York after many years

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò will host an exhibit of works by Italian artist Carla Accardi comprised of 16 gouaches executed in 1962 and 2004. The opening reception will take place on Monday, January 10th at 6pm and the exhibit will be on display through February 15th.

Recognized for her graphic style and treatment of the canvas as an object, Accardi was an integral part of the foray into abstraction in Italian painting in the late 1940s. In 1947, she, along with future husband Antonion Sanfilippo and artists Giulio Turcato, Pietro Consagra, Piero Dorazio, among others, founded the group Forma I (Form), declaring themselves “formalists and Marxists” and announcing their intention to create art that emphasized “utility, harmonious beauty, [and] nonheaviness.” She continues to create new and exciting work that incorporates materials such as transparent plastic (“sicofoil”), adding unique sculptural elements to the canvases filled with the flatly rendered colored signs that have characterized her work since the 1950s.

Born in 1924 in Sicily, Accardi currently lives and works in Rome. Since her first show in 1945 in Trapani, her birthplace, Accardi has had numerous solo exhibitions in Italy and around the world. She had individual exhibitions at the Venice Biennale in 1964, 1988, and 1993 and was included in the “Arte Ambiente” section of the 1976 Biennale. Other notable exhibitions include a retrospective at the Castello di Rivoli Museo di Arte Contemporanea (1994), a group exhibition “The Italian Metamorphosis, 1943-68” at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York (1995), a solo exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Bonn (1999), and a major retrospective exhibition at the ARC Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (2002). Most recently, the artist’s work was featured in a survey exhibition curated by Danilo Eccher at the MACRO in Rome (2004).

A complementary exhibition of paintings executed from 1955 to 2004 will open on January 8th at Sperone Westwater 415 West 13th Street, New York.

When: Monday, January 10th, 2005 at 6pm

This event is free and open to the public, no RSVP is necessary.

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo'
New York University
24 West 12th Street
New York, NY 10011

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