Carla Accardi
Encyclopedia
Carla Accardi is an Italian
painter
who contributed significantly to the acceptance of abstract art
in Italy
. In 1947, she co-founded the Forma 1 Marxist
-inspired art movement with Ugo Attardi
, Pietro Consagra
, Piero Dorazio, Mino Guerrini, Achille Perilli, Antonio Sanfilippo and Giulio Turcato
. She first exhibited in the United States
in 2001 at MoMA PS1.
Italian people
The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...
painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
who contributed significantly to the acceptance of abstract art
Abstract art
Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an...
in Italy
Italy
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. In 1947, she co-founded the Forma 1 Marxist
Marxism
Marxism is an economic and sociopolitical worldview and method of socioeconomic inquiry that centers upon a materialist interpretation of history, a dialectical view of social change, and an analysis and critique of the development of capitalism. Marxism was pioneered in the early to mid 19th...
-inspired art movement with Ugo Attardi
Ugo Attardi
Ugo Attardi was an Italian painter, sculptor and writer. His statue of Ulysses lies in Battery Park-Source:...
, Pietro Consagra
Pietro Consagra
Pietro Consagra was one of Italy's leading postwar sculptors. Consagra was born in Mazara del Vallo, a town in western Sicily, on October 4. His father, a traveling salesman, did not register his birth until October 6. Consagra attended the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Palermo...
, Piero Dorazio, Mino Guerrini, Achille Perilli, Antonio Sanfilippo and Giulio Turcato
Giulio Turcato
Giulio Turcato was an Italian painter.-Biography:Turcato left Mantua and attended the Venice Academy’s school of nude studies in the early 1930s before moving to Milan and finding work in the firm of the architect Giovanni Muzio in 1937. Pulmonary illness led to frequent stays in sanatoriums...
. She first exhibited in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in 2001 at MoMA PS1.