death_place death_date birth_place nationality field birth_date article_title name
rome , italy 23 february 2014 trapani , sicily , kingdom of italy italian painter 09 october 1924 carla accardi
 '' ` carla accardi '' '
carla accardi

carla accardi -lrb- 9 october 1924 -- 23 february 2014 -rrb- was an italian painter who contributed significantly to the acceptance of abstract art in italy .
accardi was born in trapani , sicily in 1924 and studied at the academia di belle arti in florence before relocating to rome in 1946 , where she would live until her death .
her early paintings focus on the use of color and geometric shapes , depicting circles and signs .
accardi started making her first paintings in black and white .
during the 1960 's she began painting abstract calligraphic shapes using blue or green hues on a red background .
at this time she also began using a clear plastic material called sicofoil .
she used this material to make `` tendas '' , or tents of clear plastic , which she adorned with painted forms .
during the late 1970 's she withdrew from art making to become part of the militant feminist movement with critic carla lonzi .
she is considered a key member of the italian avant-garde and her artwork influenced the arte povera movement in the late 1960s .
in 1947 , she co-founded the forma 1 marxist-inspired art movement with ugo attardi , pietro consagra , piero dorazio , mino guerrini , achille perilli , antonio sanfilippo and giulio turcato .
she first exhibited in the united states in 2001 at moma ps1 .
