Astratte
Women and Abstraction in Italy 1930 – 2000
19th March – 29th May 2022
Villa Olmo Como
Curated by
Elena Di Raddo
Exhibition organised by
City of Como
Mario Landriscina, Mayor
Department of Culture
Livia Cioffi, Council Member for Culture
Franco Brenna, President of the Cultural Commission
Maria Antonietta Marciano, Executive
Veronica Vittani, Manager of the Civic Museums
Licia Viganò, Manager of the Library, Culture, Villa Olmo
Sponsored by
Research Centre for Abstract Art in Italy, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano
Research Centre for Photography, Art and Feminism, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna
General organisation and coordination
City of Como
Veronica Vittani
Licia Viganò
Francesca Testoni
Rita Begnis
Valentina Catelli
Catia Villa
Ginevra Addis
Monica Di Matteo
Preparation of the catalogue
Ginevra Addis
Arianna Sobilia Blancato
Monica Di Matteo
Mariacristina Maccarinelli
Maria Vittoria Mondini
Filippo Rachelli
Bianca Trevisan
Alessandra Coppa
Translations
Virtus Animi, Como
Exhibition Photographer
Bettina Musatti
Federico Galimberti
Multimedia services
Space S.p.A.
A heartfelt thank you to all the cultural institutions and service providers who have made their works available for the exhibition.
Credits Portraits Artists Catalog
PIONEER
Bice Lazzari: “Bice Lazzari, Rome, 1957, photographed by Alberto Libero Ferretti
Giannina Censi: “Censi Fund, MART Rovereto Archive
DRAWING/ WRITING
Betty Danon (Istanbul, Turkey, 1927 - Milan, 2002) "Betty Danon in her studio, 1980s courtesy of Galleria Milano and Betty Danon"
Carla Accardi: Credit Line “Carla Accardi in the Rome studio”, 1999, Photo Mireille Hoster
Irma Blank (Celle, Germany, 1934) "Irma Blank in her studio in Via Aurelio Saffi, Milan 1977, (Photo Maria Mulas)"
GEOMETRY
Fausta Squatriti 🡪 Courtesy: Fausta Squatriti Archive and Bianconi Gallery, Milan
Nathalie DuPasquier 🡪 "DuPasquier - Photo Ilvio Gallo"
Carol Rama Photographs © ️ Roberto Goffi © Carol Rama Archive, Turin
MATTER
Gabriella Benedini: Photo Credit Andrea Valentini
Luisa Albertini: “Luisa Albertini, 1989, Photo Carla Lietti
Marion Baruch: portrait Marion Baruch, credit Oskar Landi, "aware women-artists artistes-femmes"
Renata Boero: Boero Renata, 2017, Photo Emiliano Zucchini
MEDITATION/CONCEPT
Franca Ghitti: Photo Credit Fabio Cattabiani
Mirella Bentivoglio: Photo 2: Credit Ruggero Passeri
BODY/ACTION
Maria Morganti: M. Morganti, Photo by Francesco Allegretto
SPACE / LIGHT
Dadamaino: courtesy Leopoldo Racchelli
Eva Sorensen: credit line for the photo: photo by Matteo Zarbo, © Heirs of Eva Sorensen
Lia Drei: 1981, Credit Sergio Pucci
Nanda Vigo: Portrait of Nanda Vigo at the Fantasy Access Code exhibition at Palazzo Reale, Milan, 2017 - Courtesy Archivio Nanda Vigo, Milan
Paola Di Bello: 2015, Credit Lucia Covi
Sonia Costantini: Credit Melina Mulas