“Pieces from a Larger Puzzle”
Gaetano Pesce
Gaetano Pesce
July 8 - August 31, 2010
Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles
1023 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Curated by: Francesca Valente, John Geresi, and Peter Loughrey
The first retrospective in the Western United States of architect, artist, and designer Gaetano Pesce celebrates the maestro of art-design and his years of experimenting and creating works with polyurethane foam, resin, and plastics for such a-list companies as Cassina, B&B Italia and Meritalia. Works on display include prototypes, production models, video, and audio produced throughout Pesce’s 40-year career.
Gaetano Pesce (La Spezia, 939) studied architecture at the University of Venice. His works are included in the permanent collections of the most important museums in the world, from MoMa to the Metropolitan in New York, from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London to the Milan Triennale and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, which in 996 presented a memorable retrospective of his oeuvre. Pesce has taught architecture in the most prestigious universities. His architectural work includes the organic Building of Osaka and the office for the New York advertising agency tBWa\Chiat\day. Pesce received the prestigious Chrysler award for Innovation and design in 993 and the Fashion Institute of Technology’s Lawrence J. Israel Prize in 2009.
The exhibition is accompanied by a bilingual catalogue with contributions by critics Gillo dorfles, Germano Celant and Vittorio Sgarbi, who will be in attendance, as well as alessandro Mendini, editor-in-chief of doMus and Cindi Strauss, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Decorative Arts and Design at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
The exhibit will be preceeded by a free public lecture at the Hammer Museum.
Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles
Exhibition Website
Works by Gaetano Pesce
Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles
1023 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Curated by: Francesca Valente, John Geresi, and Peter Loughrey
The first retrospective in the Western United States of architect, artist, and designer Gaetano Pesce celebrates the maestro of art-design and his years of experimenting and creating works with polyurethane foam, resin, and plastics for such a-list companies as Cassina, B&B Italia and Meritalia. Works on display include prototypes, production models, video, and audio produced throughout Pesce’s 40-year career.
Gaetano Pesce (La Spezia, 939) studied architecture at the University of Venice. His works are included in the permanent collections of the most important museums in the world, from MoMa to the Metropolitan in New York, from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London to the Milan Triennale and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, which in 996 presented a memorable retrospective of his oeuvre. Pesce has taught architecture in the most prestigious universities. His architectural work includes the organic Building of Osaka and the office for the New York advertising agency tBWa\Chiat\day. Pesce received the prestigious Chrysler award for Innovation and design in 993 and the Fashion Institute of Technology’s Lawrence J. Israel Prize in 2009.
The exhibition is accompanied by a bilingual catalogue with contributions by critics Gillo dorfles, Germano Celant and Vittorio Sgarbi, who will be in attendance, as well as alessandro Mendini, editor-in-chief of doMus and Cindi Strauss, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Decorative Arts and Design at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
The exhibit will be preceeded by a free public lecture at the Hammer Museum.
Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles
Exhibition Website
Works by Gaetano Pesce
