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Monica Lundy
Aurora
2017

About the Item

“Nymphomaniac, irritable, unstable, flirtatious, devoted to idleness, unruly, talkative, inconsistent, irreverent, extravagant, capricious, excited, erotic, insolent, liar, impulsive, nervous, hallucinating, restless, petulant, sensational, threatening, red in the face, exhibitionist” were some of the symptoms cited to diagnose the mental illness called “female deviance.” A rumination on the incarceration of Italian women and girls during the era of Mussolini, Lundy’s exhibition Deviance – Women in the Asylum During the Fascist Regime is born of a year spent abroad in Rome, Italy. This project began in 2017 during Lundy’s residency at the American Academy in Rome, where she began working collaboratively with Dr. Annacarla Valeriano, a historian from the Foundation of the University of Teramo. Through investigating medical documents from the psychiatric hospital archives of Sant’Antonio Abate di Teramo, Dr. Valeriano has been unearthing the stories of daughters, mothers, wives, and lovers who were deemed unable or unfit to participate in society as determined by the demands of the Fascist Regime, and were therefore placed in the hospital. This exhibition coincides with the 40th anniversary of the psychiatric reforms brought about by Franco Basaglia, the psychiatrist who revolutionized mental health care in Italy. Monica Lundy lives and works in Los Angeles, California. She holds an MFA from Mills College and BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and has attended Studio Art Centers International in Florence, Italy. Lundy is the recipient of the Jay DeFeo Award, Irvine Fellowship, and San Francisco Arts Commission Grant. She was an artist in residence at the American Academy in Rome through the Visiting Artists and Scholars Program, Montalvo Arts Center through the Lucas Artist Residency Program, and Stoney Road Press. She has exhibited her work in San Francisco at Nancy Toomey Fine Art, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, The Battery, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, Alcatraz Island, Fort Point, and San Francisco Maritime Museum. She has also had shows at Walter Maciel Gallery in Los Angeles, Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga, De Saisset Museum in Santa Clara, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, and Berkeley Art Center. Lundy’s work has been reviewed in ARTnews, KQED/PBS, The Huffington Post, Visual Art Source, San Francisco Chronicle, SF Weekly, and Squarecylinder, among other publications.

Creator:
Monica Lundy (1974, American)
Creation Year:
2017
Dimensions:
Height: 55 in (139.7 cm)Width: 38 in (96.52 cm)
Medium:
Charcoal,Coffee,Handmade Paper
Movement & Style:
Contemporary
Period:
2010-
Condition:
Gallery Location:
San Francisco, CA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU95213319191