Self-portrait (Lonzi Carla)(Paperback / softback)

Carla Lonzi is the missing voice in Italian art history and art criticism in general. Working in the hyper-masculine world of Italian art in the 1960s, many of Lonzi's ideas, about the work of women and the differences between a mainstream and a feminist approach to making work were absorbed into the larger culture; the roots of that thinking are found in 'Self-portrait'. This translation into English is overdue. The work is a forgotten classic of modern art history, feminist studies, and experimental writing. 'Self-portrait' transforms traditional conceptions of linear art historical thinking, reimagines the role of the critic, as well as the role of women in the world of art. 'Self-portriat' was Lonzi's last book to focus on artists before she dedicated herself to political feminism. Art remained an important part of Lonzi's approach to feminist activism, she saw "creativity as a mode
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