Self-portrait

Recorded and transcribed throughout the 1960s, Carla Lonzi's Self—portrait ruptures the linear tradition of art—historical writing. Lonzi first abolishes the role of the critic, her own, seeking change over self—preservation by theorising against the act of theorising. This is the voice of feminist experimentalism in Italian art and literature, and here Lonzi speaks for herself in English. Self—portrait montages her verbatim conversations with fourteen prominent artists working at the time,...