Lea Vergine
Lea Vergine (5 March 1936 – 20 October 2020) was an Italian art historian specializing in performance art.[1][2]
Lea Vergine | |
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Born | Lea Buoncristiano 5 March 1936 |
Died | 20 October 2020 84) | (aged
Nationality | Italian |
Occupation | Art historian, curator |
Spouse(s) |
Career
Vergine was born in Naples[3] as Lea Buoncristiano.[4] She collaborated with many Italian journals, including Corriere della Sera. In 1974, she published her first book, titled Body art e storie simili: il corpo come linguaggio[5] which has been released in English as Body Art and Performance: The Body as Language .[4] She was one of the first people to promote performance art.[6]
After an exhibition held in Milan in 1980, as well as others in Rome, Venice, Amsterdam, and Stockholm, Vergine published L'altra metà dell'avanguardia, 1910-1940, which studied centuries of women artists.[7] She also helped to promote the career of Carol Rama.[8] In 2016, she published L'arte non è faccenda di persona perbene, a memoir of her career.[9]
Personal life
Vergine married artist and designer Enzo Mari in 1978. They had known each other since the 1960s.[10] Vergine died of COVID-19 in Milan on 20 October 2020 at the age of 84.[11] She died one day after her husband who also succumbed COVID-19.[12][13]
Selected publications
- Body art e storie simili: il corpo come linguaggio (1974)[14] English translation: Body Art and Performance: The Body as Language (2000) ISBN 9788881186891[4]
- L'altra metà dell'avanguardia, 1910-1940: pittrici e scultrici nei movimenti delle avanguardie storiche (1980)[15]
- La vita, forse l'arte (2014)[16]
- L'arte non è faccenda di persone perbene (2016)[17]
References
- "Vergine, Lea". Treccani (in Italian).
- "Covid, morta Lea Vergine un giorno dopo il marito Enzo Mari". Adnkronos (in Italian). 20 October 2020.
- "È morta la curatrice e critica d'arte Lea Vergine, un giorno dopo suo marito Enzo Mari". Il Post (in Italian). 20 October 2020.
- "Body Art and Performance: The Body as Language". Good Reads. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- "art critic lea vergine passes away the day after her husband enzo mari". designboom. 20 October 2020.
- "Five Radical Female Artists Who Used Their Body as a Canvas". AnOther. 21 October 2015.
- "A Century of Conflicted, Complicated Motherhood in Art". The New Republic. 6 May 2016.
- "For Carol Rama, Art Was a Way to Process Life's Pleasure and Pain". Artsy. 5 May 2017.
- "Lea Vergine: non chiamatela (soltanto) critica d'arte". Artribune (in Italian). 3 August 2017.
- Hilburg, Jonathan (2020-10-20). "Italian design legend Enzo Mari dies, a day before his wife, Lea Vergine". The Architect’s Newspaper. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
- "È morta la curatrice e critica d'arte Lea Vergine". Artribune (in French). 20 October 2020.
- "Lea Vergine ed Enzo Mari lotta continua con l'amore". La Reppublica (in Italian). 23 August 2012.
- "Mort d'Enzo Mari, dernier géant du design made in Italy". Le Temps (in French). 20 October 2020.
- "Il Corpo come linguaggio : (la Body-art e storie simili)". Library of Congress. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- "L'altra metà dell'avanguardia, 1910-1940". Library of Congress. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- "La vita, forse l'arte". Library of Congress. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- "Lea Vergine. L'arte non è faccenda di persone perbene". Madre Napoli (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2020.