Ketty La Rocca

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Ketty La Rocca

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Ketty La Rocca (1938–1976) ranks among the most important proponents of Conceptual and Body Art in Italy in the 1960s and 70s. Based on a visual poetry, she radically dealt with the sociopolitical limits of the meaning of language and image. A central aspect is the examination of the bodily gesture as an “original means of communication” that is not precoded by society. 

Ketty La Rocca's works are included in renowned collections such as the MoMA New York, Centre Pompidou Paris, GAM Turin; Galleria d’Arte Nazionale Rom, MoCA Los Angeles or Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence.  Her works have been exhibited in institutions such as the Biennale di Venezia (1972), the Camden Arts Centre London (1972), Fotomuseum Winterthur (1987), the MoMA/PS1 New York (2007), the Albertina in Vienna (2012), Kunsthalle Schirn Frankfurt (2016), Kunstmuseum Krefeld (2016), La Virreina Barcelona (2017) or recently at Gallerie d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Ferrara and MUSEION- Museo d‘arte moderna e contemporanea, Bolzano (2019),  KAI 10 | ARTHENA FOUNDATION, Düsseldorf and Kunsthalle Kiel (both 2021), MAMAC Nice, Kunsthaus Graz, Le Bal/Jeu de Paume and Hamburger Kunsthalle (all 2022).