Representative work by Ketty La Rocca
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Ketty La Rocca

1938–1976 · Italian

Ketty La Rocca used language, hands, photography and video to examine communication and the constraints placed on women’s bodies and speech. Associated with visual poetry, she progressively reduced words into gestures and repeated signs.

Photography; text; collage; video

Major Works

  • 1972Appendice per una supplica
  • 1971Le mie parole, e tu?
  • 1973Craniologie
  • 1970sYou You
  • 1974Riduzioni
  • 1974Con In Con Senza
  • 1970sHand Gesture Photographs
  • 1960sVisual Poetry Collages
  • 1971In principio erat
  • 1970sTelevision Video Works

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