'Carol Rama: Antibodies' at the New Museum - Lévy Gorvy
  • Carol Rama's painting Annunciazione, 1985

    Carol Rama Annunciazione [Annunciation], 1985 Mixed mediums on framed canvas 12 5/8 x 18 7/8 in (32 x 48 cm) © Archivio Carol Rama, Turin Photo: Pino dell’Aquila

  • Carol Rama's work La Mucca Pazza [The Mad Cow], 1998

    Carol Rama La Mucca Pazza [The Mad Cow], 1998 Inner tube, acrylic, and pencil on mail sacking 22 7/8 x23 1/4 in (58 x 59 cm) © Archivio Carol Rama, Turin Photo: Pino Dell’Aquila

  • Carol Rama's painting Appassionata [Passionate], 1940

    Carol Rama Appassionata [Passionate], 1940 Watercolor and pencil on paper 9 x 13 3/4 in (23 x 35 cm) © Archivio Carol Rama, Turin Collection Fondazione CRT per l’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea and GAM Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin Courtesy Fondazione Torino Musei Photo: Studio Gonella

  • Carol Rama's painting Contessa [Countess], 1963

    Carol Rama Contessa [Countess], 1963 Animal claws and oil on linen 17 3/8 x 13 3/4 in (44 x 35 cm) © Archivio Carol Rama, Turin Photo: Pino dell’Aquila

  • Carol Rama's painting Seduzioni [Seductions], 1984

    Carol Rama Seduzioni [Seductions], 1984 Mixed mediums on printed paper 13 3/8 x 18 7/8 in (34 x 48 cm) © Archivio Carol Rama, Turin Photo: Pino dell’Aquila

  • Carol Rama's work Opera n. 18 [Work no. 18], 1939

    Carol Rama Opera n. 18 [Work no. 18], 1939 Watercolor on paper 13 1/2 x 11 3/8 in (34.5 x 29 cm) © Archivio Carol Rama, Turin Photo: Pino dell’Aquila

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'Carol Rama: Antibodies' at the New Museum

August 22, 2017

If you were not able to make it to the 57th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale to see Carol Rama: Spazio anche più che tempo, then you must plan a visit to the New Museum.

Born in 1918 in Turin, Rama never received formal training. She began her artistic production in the mid-1930s, before the onset of the Second World War. In her evocative watercolor paintings of the thirties and forties, Rama insists on the corporeality and vitality of the human experience: in these paintings, bodies actively copulate, defecate, and disobey. Her early paintings were received by the public as being scandalous and obscene, anticipating the dismissal of Rama’s work by the dominant art historical discourse for many decades to come.

Carol Rama: Antibodies is the first New York museum survey of the artist and the largest presentation of her work in the US to date. While Rama has been largely overlooked in contemporary art discourses, her work has proven prescient and influential for many artists working today, attaining cult status and attracting renewed interest in recent years. Rama’s exhibition at the New Museum brings together over one hundred of her paintings, objects, and works on paper, highlighting her consistent fascination with the representation of the body.

Carol Rama: Antibodies is on view through September 10, 2017

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