Self-Portrait
Artist(s)/Author(s): Carla Lonzi
Format: Book
ISBN: 978-1-9164250-8-8
Reference Number: ST.39780.LO
Acquisition Date: 2/14/2025
Donated By: Rhea Anastas
Description:

Recorded and transcribed throughout the 1960s, Carla Lonzi’s Self-portrait ruptures the narration of post-war modern art in Italy and beyond. Artmaking struck Lonzi as an invitation to be together in a ‘humanly satisfying way’, and this experiment in art-historical writing is a testament to her belief. Lonzi abolishes the role of the critic, her own, seeking change over self-preservation by theorising against the act of theorising.

Afterword by Claire Fontaine.

Transcribed by Allison Grimaldi Donahue.

-Carla Lonzi

-HL
2/14/2025
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