Carol Rama, Marta, 1940, watercolor on paper, 17 x 12 1⁄2".
Curated by Guido Curto and Giorgio Verzotti
Carol Rama might be Italy’s equivalent to Louise Bourgeois or Yayoi Kusama, only it’s taken longer for her to receive her proper recognition: At eighty-five, she was just awarded the Golden Lion at last year’s Venice Biennale and is now being given the most complete retrospective of her work to date, with 150 paintings, drawings, sculptures, and prints from 1933 to the present. No wonder she’s said, “I don’t think there’s anyone in the world that’s been more pissed off than me.” Best known for the raw, violently erotic watercolors she began producing as a teenager, the Turin-born artist is equally adept at eliciting the sensuality of materials through abstraction. Don’t miss it.
