CAROL RAMA

Sexu­ality, passion, disease, death—Carol Rama (1918–2015) dedi­cated her art to the great human themes and elemental expe­ri­ences. She is one of the outstanding artists of the modern age who achieved fame late in life. During the 1940s, Rama paved the way for the femi­nist art of today with her repre­sen­ta­tions of female desire. She remained inde­pen­dent of schools and artistic group­ings and created an uncon­ven­tional and yet highly personal body of work over the course of about sixty years. Rama’s creative activity defies simple cate­go­riza­tion and is distin­guished by an enthu­si­astic delight in exper­i­men­ta­tion. The SCHIRN is presenting the first compre­hen­sive survey exhi­bi­tion in Germany of the Turin-based Italian artist, showing works from all phases of her remark­able oeuvre. On view are haunt­ingly expres­sive portraits, object montages in surre­al­istic tradi­tion, and abstract paint­ings and works made using indus­trial mate­rials.