Carla Accardi

Carla Accardi

Leading figure of postwar Italian abstraction and a co-founder of the Rome-based group Forma 1, known for radical non-figurative painting, bold color, and sign-like visual languages. Her practice moved from energetic black-and-white marks to luminous chromatic works and experiments with Sicofoil, expanding painting into light, transparency, and spatial installation. Accardi’s career also intersects with Italian feminism: she co-founded Rivolta Femminile with Carla Lonzi and Elvira Banotti, linking artistic autonomy to political struggle. Use this tag to navigate essays and references on Italian abstract art, feminist art history, and the reinvention of painting’s surface and space.

This tag is part of my Feminism archive.
Start from the hub: Feminism in Art Isn’t a Style: It’s a Battle Over Visibility.