LGDR
Carolrama Coralarma Claromara Arolcarma Coralroma Ormalacra Carmarola
Carol Rama , Italy
curated by Mark Godfrey
Carol Rama, vue d’exposition. © Arthus Boutin. Courtesy LGDR Paris, 2022
LGDR Paris is pleased to announce Carolrama Coralarma Claromara Arolcarma Coralroma
Ormalacra Carmarola, the first exhibition dedicated to the two predominant decades in the artist's career. This presentation follows the 2015 solo exhibition La Passion selon Carol Rama, curated by Anne Dressen at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Choosing to narrow the focus of this latest seminal study of Rama in France, LGDR's exhibition highlights the 1960s and 1970s. Carol Rama, 1960-79 features historic works never before exhibited, as well as materials on loan from the artist's extraordinary home and studio in Turin-including samples of elements used in the works on view and personal documents shedding light on his artistic and social milieu.
Carol Rama, 1960-79 is curated by Mark Godfrey, a London-based art historian and independent curator. The exhibition will be accompanied by a publication featuring a commissioned text by contemporary Portuguese artist Leonor Antunes, as well as a conversation between Godfrey, Jo Applin, Professor of Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, and Maria Cristina Mundici, Director of the Archivio Carol Rama in Turin. This exhibition at LGDR Paris precedes Rama's presence at the 59th Venice Biennale, The Milk of Dreams, curated by Cecilia Alemani, which opens in April 2022.
The gallery
Founded by Dominique Lévy, Brett Gorvy, Amalia Dayan, and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, LGDR is a collaborative international art venture that brings expertise and vision to its disciplines. LGDR represents and partners with artists and estates—realizing seminal projects and furthering legacies. From placing primary and secondary works of the highest quality and advising clients on the development of their collections, to harnessing its institutional relationships and presenting a curated program with scholarly publications, LGDR puts artistic voices first.
In forming LGDR, the four partners merge their respective specialties across 20th- and 21st-century art; their individual reputations as leaders and tastemakers; and their separate histories as principals of galleries with exemplary exhibition programs. Both international and local in practice and perspective, LGDR has unique spaces and unmatched market knowledge in New York, London, Paris, and Hong Kong in addition to off-site presentations and satellite teams around the world.
