Francesca Woodman
22 Sep - 10 Nov 2012
FRANCESCA WOODMAN
22 September - 10 November 2012
“I never got the chance to meet FRANCESCA WOODMAN , even though she lived in Rome for a few months between 1977 and 1978. I went there often in those days to see artists, friends, critics. I associated with the art world that surprised me at the time, seen through the eyes of colleagues who lived within the same system. Giuseppe Casetti, for example, or Ugo Ferranti, who gave Woodman her first exhibitions, and Giuseppe Gallo, Sabina Mirri.
But I know that, even if I’d run into her, I might not have been able to recognize her. We gallerists (and at the time I was a gallerist on the make) meet many young people who ask us to look at their work. We usually look at it carelessly, even condescendingly. An artist who makes an effort to be noticed tends to be
regarded with suspicion. The question (young) artists ask is, “then what am I supposed to do?"
A question that has almost no answer.”
MM
22 September - 10 November 2012
“I never got the chance to meet FRANCESCA WOODMAN , even though she lived in Rome for a few months between 1977 and 1978. I went there often in those days to see artists, friends, critics. I associated with the art world that surprised me at the time, seen through the eyes of colleagues who lived within the same system. Giuseppe Casetti, for example, or Ugo Ferranti, who gave Woodman her first exhibitions, and Giuseppe Gallo, Sabina Mirri.
But I know that, even if I’d run into her, I might not have been able to recognize her. We gallerists (and at the time I was a gallerist on the make) meet many young people who ask us to look at their work. We usually look at it carelessly, even condescendingly. An artist who makes an effort to be noticed tends to be
regarded with suspicion. The question (young) artists ask is, “then what am I supposed to do?"
A question that has almost no answer.”
MM