Chiara Fumai retrospective at Fondazione Pino Pascali
The 'Chiara says Chiara' exhibition at Fondazione Pino Pascali in Polignano a Mare is a retrospective of Chiara Fumai (Rome, 1978 – Bari, 2017), curated by Milovan Farronato and Andrea Bellini. Celebrating Fumai's decade-long career and her radical feminist approach, the showcase draws inspiration from Carla Lonzi's 1971 text 'Io dico io'. Among the highlighted pieces are the video 'The Moustache Woman' (2007), the performance 'The Prodigy of Nature' (2010), the sound installation 'Shut Up, Actually Talk' (2010), and the mural 'This Last Line Cannot Be Translated' (2017). Additionally, photographic portraits portray Fumai as a defiant figure, alongside works honoring Nico Fumai, an imagined singer-songwriter from the 1980s.
Key facts
- Retrospective 'Chiara says Chiara' at Fondazione Pino Pascali, Polignano a Mare
- Curated by Milovan Farronato and Andrea Bellini, founders of Archivio Chiara Fumai
- Chiara Fumai born in Rome 1978, died in Bari 2017
- Exhibition title inspired by Carla Lonzi's 1971 text 'Io dico io'
- Video 'The Moustache Woman' (2007) to be donated to Fondazione Pino Pascali
- Performance 'The Prodigy of Nature' (2010) features Annie Jones impersonation
- Sound installation 'Shut Up, Actually Talk' (2010) shown at Documenta (13) in Kassel
- Mural 'This Last Line Cannot Be Translated' (2017) created at ISCP New York, shown at 58th Venice Biennale
- Photographic portraits include impersonation of Valerie Solanas
- Works dedicated to imaginary singer Nico Fumai
Entities
Artists
- Chiara Fumai
- Milovan Farronato
- Andrea Bellini
- Carla Lonzi
- Annie Jones
- Valerie Solanas
- Andy Warhol
- Nico Fumai
Institutions
- Fondazione Pino Pascali
- Archivio Chiara Fumai
- ISCP New York
- Documenta (13)
- 58th Venice Biennale
- Rivolta Femminile
Locations
- Polignano a Mare
- Italy
- Rome
- Bari
- Kassel
- Germany
- New York
- United States