On the occasion of ‘Carol Rama. I See You You See Me,’ Hauser & Wirth’s first exhibition dedicated to the work of radical Italian artist Carol Rama (1918 – 2015), please join us for a conversation about the artist and her work with writer, musician and critic Johanna Fateman and Artistic Director of both the New Museum in New York and the Nicola Trussardi Foundation in Milan, Massimiliano Gioni.
‘Carol Rama. I See You You See Me,’ gathers key works from six decades of Rama’s career, bringing new focus to the nature of her wildly original experimentations in various mediums—paint, textile, sculpture and bricolage—from 1947 through 1998. Rama’s non-conformist approach to artmaking was largely dismissed during her lifetime. However, her oeuvre has attracted new attention in recent years, exerting a noteworthy influence on generations of contemporary artists for whom Rama’s formal breadth and unfailing belief in visual art as a tool for liberation, are signposts. A pioneer who forged connections between desire, sacrifice, eroticism, repression and rebellion, Rama now is taking her rightful place at the center of current cultural dialogue.
This program is free; however, reservations are required.
