The essay is an introduction to the exhibition Astratte (Villa Olmo, Como 19 March - 29 May 2022) and takes a historical and thematic approach to the evolution of abstract art in Italy, looking at the female universe. In a history of art that for a long time was exclusively addressed to men, the exhibition focuses on some of the protagonists of Italian art, starting with those artists who worked in Como in the abstract avant-garde. The period illustrated is between the 1930s and the 1990s, years in which the investigation of abstract art was declined in groups and trends ranging from geometric abstraction, informal, analytical painting, post-pictorial abstraction and programmed art. The book illustrates the different declinations, modes and lines of research with which non-figurative art has expressed itself and is still expressing itself in painting and sculpture, taking into consideration some major themes: sign, geometry, concept, matter, body, space. Each artist is documented by exemplary works, from different periods in some cases, to illustrate the complexity and variety of this research. The three critical essays address not only the theme of the exhibition but also the relationship with international research and with the art-historical re-evaluation of women's art in the years of feminism.
Il saggio costituisce l'introduzione alla mostra Astratte (Villa Olmo, Como 19 marzo - 29 maggio 2022)e racconta con un approccio storico e allo stesso tempo tematico l’evoluzione dell’arte astratta in Italia con uno sguardo sull’universo femminile. In una storia dell’arte che è stata per molto tempo esclusivamente declinata al maschile, la mostra porta l’attenzione su alcune protagoniste dell’arte italiana, partendo da quelle artiste che a Como hanno lavorato nell’ambito dell’avanguardia astratta. Il periodo illustrato è compreso tra gli anni Trenta e gli anni Novanta del Novecento, anni in cui l’indagine verso l’astratta si declina nei gruppi e nelle tendenze comprese tra astrazione geometrica, informale, pittura analitica, astrazione post-pittorica e arte programmata. Il volume illustra le diverse declinazioni, modalità e linee di ricerca con cui l’arte non figurativa si è espressa e si esprime in pittura e in scultura, prendendo in considerazione alcuni grandi temi: segno, geometria, concetto, materia, corpo, spazio. Ciascun artista è documentata da opere esemplari, di periodi in alcuni casi differenti, per illustrare la complessità e la varietà di queste ricerche. I tre saggi critici affrontano, oltre al tema della mostra, anche i rapporti con le ricerche internazionali e con la rivalutazione storico artistica dell’arte delle donne negli anni del femminismo.
Di Raddo, E., Astratte. Donne e astrazione in Italia 1930-2000, in Di Raddo, E. (ed.), Astratte. Donne e astrazione in Italia 1930-2000, Antiga edizioni, Como, Italy 2022: 9- 20 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/201181]
Astratte. Donne e astrazione in Italia 1930-2000
Di Raddo, ElenaPrimo
2022
Abstract
The essay is an introduction to the exhibition Astratte (Villa Olmo, Como 19 March - 29 May 2022) and takes a historical and thematic approach to the evolution of abstract art in Italy, looking at the female universe. In a history of art that for a long time was exclusively addressed to men, the exhibition focuses on some of the protagonists of Italian art, starting with those artists who worked in Como in the abstract avant-garde. The period illustrated is between the 1930s and the 1990s, years in which the investigation of abstract art was declined in groups and trends ranging from geometric abstraction, informal, analytical painting, post-pictorial abstraction and programmed art. The book illustrates the different declinations, modes and lines of research with which non-figurative art has expressed itself and is still expressing itself in painting and sculpture, taking into consideration some major themes: sign, geometry, concept, matter, body, space. Each artist is documented by exemplary works, from different periods in some cases, to illustrate the complexity and variety of this research. The three critical essays address not only the theme of the exhibition but also the relationship with international research and with the art-historical re-evaluation of women's art in the years of feminism.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.