CARLA Lonza, release from PATRIARCHATE Maria Luisa Boccia 
Leyla Vahedi, oil on canvas 60x80, 2007
MAKE DIFFERENCE art criticism, the subversive role and work of the artist. Militant and theorist, a pioneer of the practice of self and songwriter still indispensable as a "spit on Hegel '. The multifaceted face of Carla Lonzi inaugural figure of Italian feminism, the focus of a conference and a rediscovery editorial
For the first time the work of Carla Lonzi is revived in a new edition, completely faithful to the original. In first volume are collected the writings in his signature, made between 1970 and 1972, and those signed by the feminist group Women's Revolt, whose writing should always be to his hand.
In the spring of 1970 in Rome can be found for days three women, Carla Accardi, Carla Elvira Banotti and Lanzi, for the need to express the emotion and the click of consciousness caused by the revival of feminism in their world. Lanzi is to write the text, concise sentences and chanting in what will be dazzling the main themes of neofemminismo. With the publication in July of the Manifesto of Women's Revolt begin to form groups of revolt, first in Rome and Milan, then in many other cities around the practice, there enunciated, separatism and self-consciousness. In the summer Lonzi spit on Hegel writes, irreverent title of leave and the patriarchal culture. A first invitation to those feminists who, for their liberation, they rely more on theories and forms of struggle of men than to the self-reflection.
Lonzi To leave this is first a clear and radical change of life. Marked above all by the refusal of emancipation. Stop the occupation of critical and life will dedicate itself to feminist practice. The writing, the publishing house of Revolt, attend meetings of groups of self-awareness, relationships with many women, especially through the writings, come in contact with Women's Revolt. On the private level, this makes economic dependence Pietro Consagra, a choice far from painless, criticized and reserves, including little or nothing in feminism. But the quality is always tight, so convinced.
broken promises Carla
In 1970 Lonza and a grown woman, with important experiences behind. Born in Florence March 6, 1931, eldest of two sisters and two brothers, she graduated in 1956 with a degree in art history, relations between the scene and the visual arts from the late nineteenth century, which was discussed with Roberto Longhi. A work published posthumously by Olschki in 1996, she had rejected the proposal to publish it and give it Longhi began the academic profession. In 1959 he a son, Battista, Mario Lena, chemical industry and trade unionist. They live in Tuscany, Carla writes poetry and works in art magazines and programs Rai. But it is after the meeting with Pinot Gallizio, and then with Carla Accardi Pietro Consagra, that his work focuses on contemporary artists. Edited several exhibitions, solo and group of the leading exponents of avant-garde of those years by the group "Forma1" Paolini, Pascali, Kounellis, Nigro, Fontana. In 1962 by two major exhibitions in Turin, the first at Valentino, "The meeting in Turin," with artists in the U.S., Europe and Japan, the second at the gallery News, "American Artists: Kline, De Kooning, Nevelson Tobey, Hultberg, Borduas, Rothko, Gottlieb, Simpson, Mitchell, Twombly. " In 1969 he quit
Portrait De Donato, banquet-book, composed of free assembly of excerpts from interviews with fourteen artists, recorded between 1962 and 1969. It is the most important work Lonzi critical and is one of the most beautiful and original texts on the art of the sixties. When he decides to end it has in fact reached maturity and success in professional practice. However living with the deep frustration of self-realization inauthenticity entrusted to integration in society for men. The need to find another way there is the urge staff to feminism. And he holds that strong link between biography e pensiero che è la cifra più autentica del suo pensiero e dei suoi scritti.
La consapevolezza con cui Lonzi avverte il bisogno di alternative non è certo comune allora tra le donne. Potenzialmente di tutte è però la scoperta che l'emancipazione è una promessa mancata. Perché non mette davvero fine al destino tradizionale, ma soprattutto perché nell'uguaglianza o parità con l'uomo una donna non trova risposte esistenziali, politiche e culturali al senso di sé.
Negli anni Settanta tutto il femminismo, come fenomeno mondiale, si cimenta con questo nodo. Rivolta Femminile lo fa con la pratica della presa di parola, sia orale che scritta. Già nel 1970 nasce la casa editrice «Scritti di Rivolta Femminile» which will result in two series: the "green books" of self-hosting the texts, the "prototype" compared with those of the male culture. This is the first experience in Italy, which is measured with the requirement of autonomy, creating a company, misurandosicon money problems and the market, with some success. In 1974 he released the collection of the writings of Carla Lonzi and those signed by Rivolta. Back in 1975, the book is first published in Argentina, then in Germany.
were the years of greatest expansion of feminism, also marked by important events: the victory of the No in the referendum on divorce, the trials for the crime of abortion in Padova and Trento, then the police raided a clinic in Firenze. Sull'aborto si hanno le prime, grandi manifestazioni di massa che accendono l'interesse dei media, dei partiti e dell'opinione pubblica. Ma la mobilitazione per l'aborto produce anche un mutamento significativo all'interno del femminismo. Alla proliferazione dei gruppi e alla creazione di una rete di incontri, scambi e comunicazione di esperienze si affiancano, finendo spesso per sostituirsi alle pratiche originali, le modalità più tradizionali dell'iniziativa politica. Dal corteo, appunto, alla rivendicazione della legge, al rapporto, sia pure conflittuale, con le istituzioni.
In questo passaggio dal femminismo al «movimento femminista» Rivolta Femminile non si riconosce. Anzi prende esplicitamente distanza, sia sul merito content, particularly on abortion, both on political forms. Just read female sexuality and abortion in order to measure how far this approach the request for the legalization of abortion. Those pages can help you today to reflect on what is the necessary change that no law, no social reform can meet. A similar aid can come from reading to spit on Hegel, compared to the crisis, more and more conspicuous, which has long invested in politics, its language, its rules, its organizations.
Although he opened the gap between their practice and the women's movement Women's Rebellion does not dissolve, as happens to many groups of self-consciousness. Of course vi sono mutamenti e fasi alterne. Alle riunioni settimanali dei diversi gruppi si sostituiscono alcuni incontri allargati di due o tre giorni tra tutte le donne di Rivolta. Spesso hanno luogo a Turicchi, la casa in Toscana di Carla Lonzi e Pietro Consagra. Le riflessioni stimolate da questi incontri vengono raccolte in due volumi a più voci: È già politica (1977) e La presenza del femminismo (1978). Peraltro Rivolta Femminile non si appaga del suo percorso interno, isolandosi dal contesto politico e dal modo in cui vi trova posto il movimento femminista. Cerca un'interlocuzione, prende posizione sulle falsificazioni e semplificazioni, effetto della divulgazione mediatica delle idee e pratiche femministe, a partire da quelle che la coinvolgono. Ma non trova reflected in a strongly dominated by the contrast between the ideological and political movements and political system. I offer just two examples. In January 1975, Carla
Lonzi send the text to the Corriere della Sera female sexuality and abortion, in response to an article by Pier Paolo Pasolini who had denounced the lack of questioning on the part of feminists, the link between heterosexuality, procreation, abortion. The newspaper did not publish it. Lonzi then writes a letter to Pasolini, as a gesture of mutual recognition of difference, but received no response.
On February 5, 1978 sent a letter to The Express to refute the reduction of feminism in the movement, from its subsidiary and therefore its reduction Sixty ribbed female ideologies, revolutions and rebellions of men. Conversely, Lanzi writes, is that despite the Sixty-eight young women have become aware of the movement itself, breaking up slogans, ways of doing politics and myths of their peers. Also this letter will not be published. Always giving priority to the communication, and Lonzi Revolt of Women, with these and other gestures, show you understand the importance of media representation. And the need to speak with those who produce it. A painful year
The publication in 1979 of the journal Peace, speaks rather represents a decisive step. It is not only a valuable document of the personal journey of Lonza, or a reconstruction of events several that are intertwined in complex feminist story of those years. In these pages you will find the questions, obstacles and discovered that a woman faces, as no longer recognizes a female identity in pre-established. 1979 is also a painful year for Carla Lonzi. It opens a crisis in relations with Consagra that will result in a period of separation. Lonzi records the long conversation between two minds and, with the consent of him, Go in public as well. Consagra dialogue with Peter, after the report was taken (1981). It's the last book as printed by Lanzi. In those months back
to occur in the tumor was made in 1968 in Boston. Carla is working on the theater of Molière, particularly on the valuable, looking for situations of relationships between men and women who may be of historical precedents, from the experience of revolt. Although in pain, you feel full of energy: "I did one of my summer. I was really happy, "he says in an interview with newspaper woman. Resend controls until October 1981. It is made in Zurich on December 15. After a long convalescence, died in Milan on August 2, 1982. Revolt published posthumously in 1985, Scacco reasoned. Poems from '58 to '63, in 1992, collects Armande's me! The precious materials on.
irreducible conflict
eighties feminism experienced a second step: the plaintiff collective political 'movement' the 'popular feminism'. While the field of politics as we speak of reflux, it stops, rather it extends and enriches the lives and change in women's subjectivity. In various ways and often with very different choices than the generation of "historical" of feminists, more and more women who seek self-awareness in a different measure for the choices in life. In short, the change in a manner that is consistent with those in revolt, much more than those of the political movement. Even with other practices, with the creation of centers, magazines, community women, collective research and study, the reality appears to be less divergent from the experience of feminist group. But neither Lonzi Revolt nor shall be taken by direct reference. Probably the obstacle is precisely the image constructed by the media in the seventies feminism: that of the marches on abortion and sexual violence, separatism in the closure of irreducible conflict with men. It will take a longer distance because the word of Lonzi returns to be present and to communicate and be renewed interest in her feminism, and the original original. In 1990 I released my The Insurgent. Carla Lonzi lived and thought, the only monograph devoted to it. But in recent years is that there has been a series of studies, conferences, dissertations.
To sustain and grow this renewed interest there is modo migliore che offrire a un pubblico, crediamo vasto, di lettrici e lettori i suoi testi.
articolo pubblicato sul Manifesto del 4 Marzo 2010
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