The Archivio Carol Rama announced its first Venice exhibition in a decade celebrating the late artist Carol Rama in conjunction with the 57th Venice Biennale.

“Carol Rama. Spazio anche più che tempo” (Carol Rama. Space even more than time) will open on May 8 at the Ca’ nova on the Grand Canal. The exhibition is curated by Maria Cristina Mundici and Raffaella Roddolo, members of the Scientific Committee of the Archivio Carol Rama.

Carol Rama, Opera n. 34, 1940. Photo by Pino Dell’Aquila, Torino. ©Archivio Carol Rama, Torino

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The exhibition will explore the many stages and development of Rama’s artistic career through 30 works and with particular attention to Rama’s unique command of composition. The exhibit also coincides with “Carol Rama: Antibodies,” the self-taught artist’s first New York museum survey at the New Museum, which also happens to be the largest exhibition of her work in the United States.

Carol Rama in 1997, Photo by Pino Dell’Aquila ©Archivio Carol Rama, Torino

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Rama’s works often use alternative media, industrial material, and daring visuals within a psychologically-charged framework. The presentation pays tribute to Rama’s “absolute eye” where the artist encapsulated personal reactions to known artistic contexts from the likes of Picasso, the Movimento d’arte concreta (MAC), the postwar French avant-garde, and more.

“Carol Rama. Spazio anche più che tempo” will go on view at Palazzo Ca’ nova, Venice, from May 8 – June 28