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Self-Portrait

By Carla Lonzi

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Self-Portrait

By Carla Lonzi

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Recorded and transcribed throughout the 1960s, Carla Lonzi's Self-portrait ruptures the linear tradition of art-historical writing. Lonzi first abolishes the role of the critic, her own, seeking change over self-preservation by theorising against the act of theorising. This is the voice of feminist experimentalism in Italian art and literature, and here Lonzi speaks for herself in English. Self-portrait montages her verbatim conversations with fourteen prominent artists working at the time, all men except one. Lonzi's vital feeling that it was impossible to respond professionally to the political and existential problems embedded in the production and distribution of artworks drives the book's contingent structure. Artmaking struck Lonzi as the invitation to be together in a humanly satisfying way. This first English translation brings Lonzi's final work of criticism before her break with 'art' to an international audience. Her uncompromising enactment and pragmatic drop-out discontinues the narration of postwar modern art in Italy and beyond.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
364
Release Date:
2022-02-15
Publication Date:
2021-12-16
Publisher:
Divided Publishing
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1916425089
ISBN13:
9781916425088
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
458 g
Height:
141 cm
Width:
210 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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