Self-portrait

Recorded and transcribed throughout the 1960s, Carla Lonzi’s "Self-portrait" ruptures the narration of post-war modern art in Italy and beyond. Artmaking struck Lonzi as an invitation to be together in a ‘humanly satisfying way’, and this experiment in art-historical writing is a testament to her belief. Lonzi abolishes the role of the critic, her own, seeking change over self-preservation by theorising against the act of theorising.
trans. Allison Grimaldi Donahue
Afterword by Claire Fontaine.