by Asia Leonardi for the Carl Kruse Arts Blog The antithesis between abstract and realistic art, which lasted for a long time in the 1950s, was overcome during the decade which — although difficult to reduce to a common denominator — can be grouped under the definition of “informal.” This term, used for the first
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Between Introspection and Surrealism: the Photography of Francesca Woodman
by Asia Leonardi for the Carl Kruse Arts Blog One day in 1977, a young girl entered the “Maldoror” art gallery in Rome, handed the owner a gray box and exclaimed: “I’m a photographer!” She is not yet twenty and her name is Francesca Woodman. Born in Denver in April 1958, Francesca was the daughter