Lisetta Carmi's Sardinian photographs exhibited at MACTE Termoli
The MACTE Museum of Contemporary Art in Termoli is currently showcasing 'Voci allegre nel buio', which features approximately seventy never-before-seen photographs by Lisetta Carmi (born in Genoa, 1924). These images, taken in Sardinia between 1962 and 1976, were inspired by Maria Giacobbe's writings on poverty. Carmi's work includes depictions of landscapes, people, and rituals, such as the Costa Smeralda prior to its development and the Candelaria festival in Orgosolo. This exhibition reinterprets a prior display in Nuoro and emphasizes Carmi's exploration of Italy's societal transformations from the late 1950s to the 1970s. A wealthy Jewish woman and sibling of painter Eugenio Carmi, she shifted from music to photography, capturing diverse subjects, including Ezra Pound in 1966, before pursuing spirituality in India.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Voci allegre nel buio' at MACTE Termoli features about seventy previously unpublished photographs by Lisetta Carmi
- Photographs were taken in Sardinia between 1962 and 1976
- Carmi was inspired by Maria Giacobbe's articles in Il Mondo about poverty in Sardinia
- Giacobbe introduced Carmi to the Piras family
- Images include Costa Smeralda before development, Orgosolo's Candelaria festival
- Exhibition includes Dalmine commission photographs of Sardinian waterways
- Show is a reinterpretation of a previous exhibition in Nuoro
- MACTE director Caterina Riva cites parallels between Sardinia and Molise
- Carmi was a concert pianist who abandoned music in 1960 to become a photographer
- She photographed Ezra Pound in 1966 at his home in Sant'Ambrogio di Zoagli
- Carmi founded an ashram in Cisternino after spiritual experiences in India
Entities
Artists
- Lisetta Carmi
- Eugenio Carmi
- Maria Lai
- Costantino Nivola
- Ezra Pound
- Maria Giacobbe
- Camilla Mattola
Institutions
- MACTE
- Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Termoli
- Il Mondo
- Laterza
- Dalmine
- Premio Termoli
- Artribune
- MAN (Museo d'Arte della Provincia di Nuoro)
Locations
- Termoli
- Molise
- Sardinia
- Genoa
- Nuoro
- Costa Smeralda
- Orgosolo
- Sant'Ambrogio di Zoagli
- Cisternino
- Murge
- India
- Bergamo
- Sicily
- Italy
- Barbagia
- Gallura