At the center of the exhibition is Carla Accardi’s groundbreaking series of paintings on Sicofoil, a commercial plastic, which she first incorporated in her practice during the 1960s. M&L Fine Art. Carla Accardi (1924-2014) Segni neri firma, titolo e data Accardi – Segni neri 1967 (sul retro) vernice su sicofoil cm 95x68 Eseguito nel 1967-76 Opera registrata presso l'Archivio Accardi Sanfilippo, Roma, n. 709, come da autentica su fotografia As contemporary Italian artist Paola Pivi states in Laura Cherubini's contribution to the exhibition catalogue: "Carla does nothing to persuade you that her art is interesting. Carla Accardi est la seule femme artiste mentionnée dans l'ouvrage l'Autoportrait de Carla Lonzi [6]. Carla Accardi first encountered Sicofoil on accident, when it was included in a delivery sent to her studio. Carla Accardi (Trapani, 1924 - Rome, 2014) Carla Accardi began her career in Rome, where she met the artists Piero Consagra, Antonio Sanfilippo, Giulio Turcato and Piero Dorazio, with whom she created the Forma Group, one of the most committed movements in the defense of abstract art in Italy. A work by Accardi: Ritoli in sicofoil dipinto, 1965–69 Courtesy of the Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York, 1989, and Archivio Accardi Sanfilippo A work by Accardi: Untitled , 1972. This emerges most compellingly in Accardi’s interwoven sicofoil sheets, culminating in the 1974 and 1975 transparent works on view, onto which she does not interfere pictorially at all. Bibliographie : Germano Celant "Carla Accardi" catalogue raisonné Ed. Until her sudden death at age eighty-nine, in 2014, Carla Accardi continued to push the boundaries of the artistic territories she inhabited. Carla Accardi was an Italian painter known for her calligraphic abstractions. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Palermo and moved to Rome in 1946. Oct 14, 2020. Carla Accardi (1924-2014) Bianco oro (White Gold) signed, titled and dated 'Accardi - "Bianco oro" - 1966 -' (on the overlap) enamel on Sicofoil mounted on primed canvas 25 ¼ x 35in. Alert to the neo avant-garde tendencies of Art Informel, Abstract Expressionism, Arte Povera and Conceptual Art, Carla Accardi maintained a meaningful dialogue with her leading contemporaries in Italy and abroad. The research of Carla Accardi (Trapani, 1924) proposes an art language that rejects the objective image in favor of the free creation of the sign. Carla Accardi (1924-2014) Bianco oro (White Gold) signed, titled and dated 'Accardi - "Bianco oro" - 1966 -' (on the overlap) enamel on Sicofoil mounted on primed canvas … NEW YORK, NY.-55 Walker (Bortolami, kaufmann repetto, and Andrew Kreps Gallery), is presenting an exhibition of works by Carla Accardi and Elisa Sighicelli. In Segni oro (1967), Due ori (1968), and Oro (1972), sicofoil is at once sign and signifier, pertaining simultaneously to the plane of content and to the plane of expression. In the 1960s, Carla Accardi’s work encountered a stylistic change featuring the use of more vivid tones and new signs; in this period she started to create the first works on Sicofoil, a transparent plastic material that occupied the artist’s research in the following decade. 15 OLD BOND STREET LONDON W1S 4AX T. +44 (0) 20 7493 1971 WWW.MLFINEART.COM INFO@MLFINEART.COM Born in Trapani, Sicily, but Rome-based for most of her life, Carla Accardi … Monday, February 10, 2020 at 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM UTC. Charta, 1999 n.1967+76 2 reproduit pag. Carla Accardi, Due rettangoli mimetici, 1979, sicofoil on painted wooden stretchers, 38×75 cm each. This is the first solo presentation of the artist's work in the United Kingdom since 1961, timed to coincide with a major retrospective at Museo del Novecento, Milan (March 27 - August 30, 2020). With the bare layering of surface, Accardi refers directly to the brightness of the wall and of the entire space, while the painting itself, at the furthest point of sublimation, disappears and is transmuted into pure light. With the bare layering of surface, Accardi refers directly to the brightness of the wall and of the entire space, while the painting itself, at the furthest point of sublimation, disappears and is transmuted into pure light. M&L Fine Art presents a monographic exhibition showcasing Carla Accardi's seminal sicofoil works, featuring ten paintings from the 1960s and 1970s. , belongs to a group of works made between 1965 and 1966, in which Accardi laid down sicofoil sheets onto a primed canvas and completed the painted image with uniform, graphic brushstrokes, made using the same shade of household varnish. Le collectif a pour objectif de mettre en avant des artistes oubliées, telles Angelika Kauffmann et Artemisia Gentileschi. Exhibited . Artist's Resale Right Purchase of lots marked with this symbol will be subject to the payment of the artist's resale right. Accardi used both traditional canvas supports as well as a material called Sicofoil (a transparent plastic) to produce her paintings. After her studies at the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Florence, she moves to Rome in 1946. See available paintings, works on paper, and … 19]. Italian avant-garde artists of the 1960s have always interested me for their seemingly intuitive ability to make art less complicated, while somehow also making it more magical. Carla Accardi et Carla Lonzi sont des membres importants du groupe féministe Rivolta Femminile à Rome, dans les années 1970. Sep 28, 2016 - Explore Wissam Shawkat's board "Carla Accardi", followed by 1158 people on Pinterest. (Trapani 1924–2014 Rome) Segni rosa, 1967, signed, dated and titled on the reverse: Accardi “Segni rosa”-1967, varnish on sicofoil, 100 x 80 cm, perspex box, framed The work has been registered by Carla Accardi under the no. Carla Accardi (1924-2014) Bianco oro (White Gold) signed, titled and dated 'Accardi - "Bianco oro" - 1966 -' (on the overlap) enamel on Sicofoil mounted on primed canvas … Available for sale from Tornabuoni Art, Carla Accardi, Senza titolo (1967), Varnish on sicofoil, 100 × 380 cm Her early paintings focused on the use of colour and geometric shapes, depicting circles and signs. Executed in 1966 Provenance. New York, Sperone Westwater, Carla Accardi Paintings 1955-2004, 2005. (64.8 x 89cm.) G. Celant, Carla Accardi, Silvana editoriale, 20011, no. En 1947, elle cofonde, avec Giulio Turcato, Following a brief period at the Accademia in Florence, where she met her future husband, painter Antonio Sanfilippo, Carla Accardi moved to Rome in1946, immersing herself in the young and ambitious art scene of the war-scarred capital. At the center of 55 Walker's current exhibition is Carla Accardi’s g... roundbreaking series of paintings on Sicofoil, a commercial plastic, which she first incorporated in her practice during the 1960s. AED; ARS; AUD; BRL; CAD; CHF; CNY; EUR; GBP; HKD; IDR; INR; JPY; KRW; MXP; PHP; QAR; RMB; RUB; SGD; TWD; USD; Lot. Carla Accardi first encountered Sicofoil on accident, when it was included in adelivery sent to her studio. G. Celant, Carla Accardi, Silvana editoriale, 20011, no. In 1986 she was invited by Jan Hoet to participate in the seminal exhibition Chambres d'amis in Gent, where she showed a large sicofoil installation across from a Dan Graham outdoor pavilion and alongside some of the most important European and American conceptual and minimalist artists. (1972), the negotiation of grey signs with the translucency of sicofoil on the pictorial surface exposes not only the artist’s sophisticated investigations of colour but also an exacerbation of the ontological tension between painting’s condition as visible object. 2008 108 with ill. Carla ACCARDI (née en 1924) SEGNI ORO, 1967+76 Vernis sur sicofoil signé et titré sur le châssis "ACCARDI Segni oro 1967 n.707" Hauteur : 95 Largeur : 68 cm Provenance : Collection de l'artiste. Born in 1924 in Trapani, Italy; dies in 2014 in Rome, ... Accardi joins the Continuità Group, and prepares solo exhibitions in New York and London. By working with this material […] her painting became sculpture and she studied the relationship with the surrounding environment. (firmato, intitolato, iscritto 485 bis e datato 1967 sul telaio. Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt. Carla Accardi was an Italian artist among the greatest exponents of abstract art. NEW YORK, NY.- 55 Walker (Bortolami, kaufmann repetto, and Andrew Kreps Gallery), is presenting an exhibition of works by Carla Accardi and Elisa Sighicelli. Carla Accardi was an Italian artist among the greatest exponents of abstract art. Carla Accardi first encountered Sicofoil on accident, when it was included in a delivery sent to her studio. Carla Accardi (1924-2014) Segni neri firma, titolo e data Accardi – Segni neri 1967 (sul retro) vernice su sicofoil cm 95x68 Eseguito nel 1967-76 Opera registrata presso l'Archivio Accardi Sanfilippo, Roma, n. 709, come da autentica su fotografia Provenance. Accardi’s groundbreaking exploration of the physicality of materials and the boundaries of space in her seminal sicofoil works – enamel painted on transparent plastic wrapped around stretcher bars – played a vital role in the Italian Post-War avant-garde. Carla Accardi rose to fame as founding member of the 1947 Italian avant-garde movement Forma 1, a group of artists based in Rome who, in the face of Fascism, embraced the principals of Futurism and Marxism. Whether reconfiguring her own works, as in the case of Rosaverdenero, (2008, originally made 1968), or variously alternating between opaque and translucent surfaces, in two and three-dimensions, Accardi’s practice continued to shape painting “in the manner of Ariadne’s thread, which is bound up with changing one’s awareness of oneself.”. Carla Accardi first encountered Sicofoil on accident, when it was included in adelivery sent to her studio. Carla Accardi’s paintings were shown in New York at Sperone Westwater [Jan. 8–Feb. Carla Accardi torna nella nostra galleria con la sua terza personale (1983, 1990) presentando un gruppo inedito di opere, tutte eseguite nel 1976. View Bianco (1969) By Carla Accardi; varnish on sicofoil; 45 x 15 cm; Signed; . (Carla Accardi) In her sicofoil works, Accardi found what Fontana was proclaiming in his cut: a material that guarantees transparency and thus rejects frontal vision as the only possible view. Enraptured by the industrial plastic sheets of sicofoil being delivered to her studio by a fashion house in the 1960s, Carla seized the opportunity to integrate this found medium in her practice, claiming: "I wanted to make transparent what was around us." 1924 - 2014. Carla Accardi torna nella nostra galleria con la sua terza personale (1983, 1990) presentando un gruppo inedito di opere, tutte eseguite nel 1976. View Carla Accardi’s 950 artworks on artnet. Italian avant-garde artists of the 1960s have always interested me for their seemingly intuitive ability to make art less complicated, while somehow also making it more magical. Post-War Italian Art. Trapani, Sicily, Kingdom of Italy. NEW YORK, NY.- 55 Walker (Bortolami, kaufmann repetto, and Andrew Kreps Gallery), is presenting an exhibition of works by Carla Accardi and Elisa Sighicelli. Carla Accardi (1924-2014) Segni Grigi (Grey Signs), 1972 signed and dated on the stretcher Enamel on sicofoil 45.4 x 54.4 cm Literature. In Segni grigi (1972), the negotiation of grey signs with the translucency of sicofoil on the pictorial surface exposes not only the artist’s sophisticated investigations of colour but also an exacerbation of the ontological tension between painting’s condition as visible object and metaphysical plane. Born in the city of Trapani in Sicily, Carla Accardi studied at the Accademia di Bella Arti in Palermo and Florence prior to moving to Rome in 1946. Estimation. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Palermo and moved to Rome in 1946. Carla Accardi Due quadrati blu arancio 1981 Sicofoil on painted wood 50x50 cm each element . At the center of 55 Walker's current exhibition is Carla Accardi’s g... roundbreaking series of paintings on Sicofoil, a commercial plastic, which she first incorporated in her practice during the 1960s. Born in 1924 in Trapani, Italy; dies in 2014 in Rome, Italy. View exhibition. 2008 108 with ill. This is the first solo presentation of the artist's work in the United Kingdom since 1961, timed to coincide with a … Carla Accardi: Sicofoil will be the second in a series yearly series of research projects focusing on post-war Italian artists' use of radical materials, following Aldo Mondino: Linoleum in Spring 2019. Carla Accardi Born in Sicily, artist Carla Accardi (1924-2014) lived and worked in Rome. Née à Trapani en 1924, elle étudie à l’Académie des Beaux-Arts de Florence avant de s’installer à Rome. Carla Accardi Punto e raggio (Punto con raggi), 1972 enamel on sicofoil 61 7/16 x 61 7/16 inches (156 x 156 cm) 66 x 66 x 4 inches (167,6 x 167,6 x 10,2 cm) frame SW 04465 Private Collection. Sono lavori molto elementari dove il materiale plastico semirigido (il sicofoil), che l’Accardi ha utilizzato ampiamente negli anni ’60 e … Collection particulière européenne. Copyright © 2021 ML Fine Art - Matteo Lampertico. Carla Accardi (9 October 1924 ... She also began using a clear plastic material called Sicofoil, which she describes as "like something luminous, a mixing and a fluidity with the surrounding environment: perhaps in order to take away the totemic value of the painting." (1972), sicofoil is at once sign and signifier, pertaining simultaneously to the plane of content and to the plane of expression. smalto su sicofoil. Peu, bien peu. From 24 June 1994 to 28 August 1994. 15 … Initially incorporating the material in sculpture and installation, by 1966 Accardi began fastening the material directly to stretcher bars. In 1947, together with Attardi, Consagra, Dorazio, Guerrini, Perilli, Sanfilippo and Turcato, she founded the Form 1 group of formalist and Marxist inspiration. Carla Accardi. 55 000 — 75 000. Note: As is also the case with a few other works executed on sicofoil, this painting originates from the larger “Composition n. 492 bis”, 1988, which was subsequently divided into 4 pieces by the artist; each element was signed and registered in the archive under a new archive number in progressive order. Carla Accardi (9 October 1924 – 23 February 2014) was an Italian abstract painter associated with the Arte Informel and Arte Povera movements, and a founding member of the Italian art groups Forma (1947) and Continuità (1961). Segni rosa n. 2. signed, titled, inscribed 485 bis and dated 1967 on the stretcher. CARLA ACCARDI. Copyright © 2021 ML Fine Art - Matteo Lampertico. Carla Accardi Onde blu 2008 Vinyl paint on canvas 120x160 cm. pin. And her work is further enriched by this immeasurable freedom.". Carla Accardi: Sicofoil 11 Feb - 8 May 2020 M&L Fine Art presents a monographic exhibition showcasing Carla Accardi's seminal sicofoil works, featuring ten paintings from the 1960s and 1970s. This is the first solo presentation of the artist's work in the United Kingdom since 1961, timed to coincide with a … “I was following two approaches: one focused on a scientific biological perspective, with growing and shrinking amoebas. Over the course of a rigorous, poetic and conceptually informed career lasting nearly seven decades, Accardi developed a radical and sophisticated painterly syntax in which the formal and conceptual elements of style were made to embrace rather than conflict. EUR. Curated by Ida Gianelli, Giorgio Verzotti. Disrupting the traditional relationship between painting and its environment, the works investigate the interplay of multiple spatial planes within an artwork. Carla Accardi. 22 October - 7 December 2013. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Carla Accardi. This work is registered in the Studio Accardi, Rome, under the n. 485 bis and it is accompanied by a photo-certificate signed by the artist. Sono lavori molto elementari dove il materiale plastico semirigido (il sicofoil), che l’Accardi ha utilizzato ampiamente negli anni ’60 e ’70, diventa l’elemento portante. Disrupting the traditional relationship between painting and its environment, the works investigate the interplay of multiple spatial planes within an artwork. 1971.2, illustrated in black and white Brimming with life and light, Rossoargento from 1971 displays all the hallmarks of Carla Accardi's greatest works, embodying the poetic dynamism so characteristic of Accardi's visual language. Through her association with Carla Lonzi, the influential author and critic, she campaigned for the visibility of women artists. Initially incorporating the material in sculpture and installation, by 1966 Accardi began fastening the material directly to stretcher bars. Carla Accardi, Due rettangoli mimetici, 1979, sicofoil on painted wooden stretchers, 38×75 cm each Carla Accardi Due quadrati blu arancio 1981 Sicofoil on painted wood 50x50 cm each element Installation view CARLA ACCARDI. In The Spotlight - Carla Accardi, A Pioneer Italian Abstract Artist. clock. Installation view Carla Accardi, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli, IT, 1994. about 6 months ago. Carla Accardi first encountered Sicofoil on accident, when it was included in a delivery sent to her studio. Carla Accardi rose to fame as founding member of the 1947 Italian avant-garde movement Forma 1, a group of artists based in Rome who, in the face of Fascism, embraced the principals of Futurism and Marxism. This emerges most compellingly in Accardi’s interwoven sicofoil sheets, culminating in the 1974 and 1975 transparent works on view, onto which she does not interfere pictorially at all. En Italie, combien de femmes de la génération de Carla Accardi parvinrent comme elle à travailler, produire et exposer, bref, à être, au plein sens du terme, artiste ? Her painting is generated in unison with unconscious motions, thus becoming a sort of lyrical writing, rigorously articulated in precise rhythms. Beginning in 1967, Accardi pushed the disappearance of the conventional picture plane further, towards an expanse of pure colour and light, by fastening the sicofoil sheets directly onto the stretcher. Un gruppo di opere inedite del 1976. Carla Accardi became known as a founding member of the 1947 Italian avant-garde movement Forma 1, a group of artists based in Rome who, in the face of Fascism, tried to align their Marxist political beliefs with a formalist approach to abstraction. Carla Accardi rose to fame as founding member of the 1947 Italian avant-garde movement Forma 1, a group of artists based in Rome who, in the face of Fascism, embraced the principals of Futurism and Marxism. enamel on sicofoil . In the 1970s, she works with glazes on terracotta tiles and paints repeated geometric patterns on sicofoil, transparent plastic instead of canvas. M&L Fine Art presents a monographic exhibition showcasing Carla Accardi's seminal sicofoil works, featuring ten paintings from the 1960s and 1970s. In 1947, together with Attardi, Consagra, Dorazio, Guerrini, Perilli, Sanfilippo and Turcato, she founded the Form 1 group of formalist and Marxist inspiration. Hosted by M&L Fine Art. Carla Accardi in her studio in Rome, 1976. Artist exhibitions Modern and Contemporary Masters. Initially incorporating the material in sculpture and installation, by 1966 Accardi began fastening the material directly to stretcher bars. Carla Accardi (Italian, 1924-2014) was an Italian painter who contributed significantly to the acceptance of abstract art in Italy, best known for her abstract paintings on Sicofoil, transparent plastic sheeting. VERDEARGENTO SIGNED AND TITLED ON THE STRETCHER, ENAMEL ON SICOFOIL, EXECUTED IN 1969. At the center of the exhibition is Carla Accardi’s groundbreaking series of paintings on Sicofoil, a commercial plastic, which she first incorporated in her practice during the 1960s. The earliest painting on view, Arancio-arancio, belongs to a group of works made between 1965 and 1966, in which Accardi laid down sicofoil sheets onto a primed canvas and completed the painted image with uniform, graphic brushstrokes, made using the same shade of household varnish. Initially incorporating the material in sculpture and installation, by 1966 Accardi began fastening the material directly to stretcher bars. Sperone Westwater, Lugano . Oro, 1972, varnish on sicofoil, 70 x 95 cm, framed The work is accompanied by a photo certificate of authenticity by Studio Accardi signed by the artistProvenance: Galleria d’Arte Editalia (stamp on the reverse) European Private Collection Literature: G. Celant, Carla Accardi, Silvana Editoriale, Cinisello Balsamo 2011, p. 364, no. Collezione S. Pucci, Roma ivi acquisito dall'attuale proprietario nel 1990 . Until her sudden death at age eighty-nine, in 2014, Carla Accardi continued to push the boundaries of the artistic territories she inhabited. Accardi started making her first paintings in black and white. In. Born 9 October 1924. At the center of the exhibition is Carla Accardi’s groundbreaking series of paintings on Sicofoil, a commercial plastic, which she first incorporated in her practice during the 1960s. Forever reaching beyond the confines of the picture plane, Accardi also fashioned the painted sicofoil sheets into free-standing cylinders, cones, and extraordinary tents: metaphors for the body and symbols of the cultural nomadism at play in advanced conceptual practice. Carla Accardi Sicofoil 11 February – 8 May 2020 MONDAY 20 APRIL 2020 at 7PM Postponed June 2020 – dates to be confirmed Carla Accardiand her legacy Laura Cherubini, Flavia Frigeri, and Hans Ulrich Obrist in conversation ITALIAN CULTURE INSTITUTE, 39 BELGRAVE SQUARE, SW1X 8NT reception to follow rsvp essential pietro@mlfineart.com Her paintings and extraordinary environments made using sicofoil, a flexible, translucent plastic developed during Italy's post-war industrial renaissance, were begun in 1965 and have since become the artist's most iconic works. Carla Accardi (9 October 1924 – 23 February 2014) was an Italian abstract painter associated with the Arte Informel and Arte Povera movements and a founding member of the Italian art groups Forma (1947) and Continuità (1961). Carla Accardi, who died in 2014, is a In the 1950s she visited Hans Hartung and Jean Fautrier in Paris, and later met Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock and Philip Guston in Rome. G. Celant, Carla Accardi, Milano 1999, pp. Born in Trapani, Sicily, but Rome-based for most of her life, Carla Accardi (1924 - 2014) is today acknowledged among Italy's most important post-war artists. À Palerme, elle rencontre le peintre italien Antonio Sanfilippo qu'elle épouse en 1949 [3]. Note: As is also the case with a few other works executed on sicofoil, this painting originates from the larger “Composition n. 492 bis”, 1988, which was subsequently divided into 4 pieces by the artist; each element was signed and registered in the archive under a new archive number in progressive order. After to have achieved the classic maturity it is enrolled to the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, that lascerà in order to move itself to Rome, city where tutt' hour resides. Oct 14, 2020. Initially incorporating the material in sculpture and installation, by 1966 Accardi began fastening the material directly to stretcher bars. Together with her future husband, Antonio Sanfilippo, they found Forma 1 in 1947, with also Turcato, Attardi, Perilli, Dorazio and Guerrini. M&L Fine Art presents a monographic exhibition showcasing Carla Accardi’s seminal sicofoil works, featuring ten paintings from the 1960s and 1970s. Carla Accardi rose to fame as founding member of the 1947 Italian avant-garde movement Forma 1, a group of artists based in Rome who, in the face of Fascism, embraced the principals of Futurism and Marxism. metaphysical plane. Carla Accardi (1924-2014) Segni 68 firma, data, titolo e iscrizione Accardi - 1978 - Segni 68 - n. 738 (sul retro) tempera alla caseina su sicofoil cm 79,5x59,5 Eseguito nel 1978 Opera registrata presso l'Archivio Accardi Sanfilippo, Roma, n. Carla Accardi, Yeesookyung - Massimo De Carlo DAILY ART FAIR Whether reconfiguring her own works, as in the case of, , (2008, originally made 1968), or variously alternating between opaque and translucent surfaces, in two and three-dimensions, Accardi’s practice continued to shape painting “in the manner of Ariadne’s thread, which is bound up with changing one’s awareness of oneself.”. The palette of Accardi's works is dominated by primary colours. Carla Accardi est une figure clef de l’abstraction italienne de la seconde moitié du vingtième siècle. The exhibition Carla Accardi: Sicofoil is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue with newly commissioned texts by Laura Cherubini and Flavia Frigeri, and an interview with the artist by Hans Ulrich Obrist. In 1976 she organized a significant exhibition on Artemisia Gentileschi in Rome, three years before Yvon Lambert's Mot pour Mot: Artemisia exhibition in Paris in 1979. Carla Accardi: Sicofoil will be the second in a series yearly series of research projects focusing on post-war Italian artists’ use of radical materials, following Aldo Mondino: Linoleum in Spring 2019. Blog Home In The Spotlight - Carla Accardi, A Pioneer Italian Abstract Artist. Accardi, Dorazio, Fontana, Schifano. (Trapani 1924–2014 Rome) Segni rosa, 1967, signed, dated and titled on the reverse: Accardi “Segni rosa”-1967, varnish on sicofoil, 100 x 80 cm, perspex box, framed The work has been registered by Carla Accardi under the no.