The gallery has insisted I write a press release for Carla Accardi.
Two exhibitions in two spaces, mine in Brescia and Francesca’s in Milan, for a single project.
I gave it a few tries, before realizing that Carla simply doesn’t need a press release.
Everybody already knows who she was, and, frankly, I wouldn’t have anything to add to what is already common knowledge.
As a painter she was resolute and kind as person, yet never shy.
She always stood her ground; she did not hesitate to leave Trapani for Rome when she understood that the capital would offer better opportunities for carrying on her work.
She kept a very high standard for her beautiful painting right up to the end, even managing to surpass her companions from the Forma group.
Both for her work and as a figure, Carla acted as a link between her generation and those that followed, thanks to the interest of her painting and to her personal openness and approachability.
Young in her approach and style, her work has become emblematic of an era, a bridge that from the post-war period leads right to the Arte Povera and Conceptual Art movements, a world that has embraced her work with great respect and attention. Carla is the queen of Italian art.