From 27 January to 25 March 2023 Paradisoterrestre Gallery - Via De’ Musei 4, Bologna
Between unique piece and industrial production, the limited edition. For ART CITY Bologna 2023 on the occasion of ARTEFIERA, Paradisoterrestre presents an exhibition entirely dedicated to works of art and design objects that fall within this definition in the gallery at via de' Musei 4 in Bologna.
LIMITED.
Augusto Betti, Alberto Biasi, Calori & Maillard, Angel Duarte, Novello Finotti, Pierre Gonalons, Allen Jones, Edoardo Landi, Roberto Matta, Andy Picci, Paola Pivi, Tobia Scarpa, Kazuhide Takahama.
LIMITED. is a collective exhibition: from artists who created pieces of design exclusively for Paradisoterrestre, such as renowned British pop artist Allen Jones with Shoe Screen; Paola Pivi, one of the most important international contemporary artists, with Universe carpet and the Let'em shine art wall lamps and Calori&Maillard duo with Altabella 23 - Portare acqua al mare, a vase tribute to the historic Gavina shop in Bologna designed by Carlo Scarpa in the 60s; to designers like Pierre Gonalons with the marble console from The Other Side collection and architect Tobia Scarpa who in 2020 got involved designing his first works of art for Paradisoterrestre, starting from an interpretation of the enigmatic masterpiece Melencolia I, realized by Albrecht Dürer in 1514.
Also on display are re-editions - all limited edition - such as the functional artworks part of the Ultramobile operation of 1971 Margarita and Sacco alato by surrealist artist Roberto Matta and Fausto by Italian sculptor Novello Finotti or Elmo, the only work in ceramic made in the 1980s by Japanese architect Kazuhide Takahama. Presented in preview is Paradisoterrestre re-edition of the tea set designed by artist and designer Augusto Betti in 1975.
Another novelty is the collaboration with conceptual artist Andy Picci, whose exhibited phygital artwork Confession (Sky Isn't The Limit) was also chosen for the communication of the group show.
The exhibition is completed by a selection of kinetic and programmed art multiples by Alberto Biasi, Angel Duarte, Edoardo Landi, united by having been created at Centro Duchamp, an adventure conceived by Dino Gavina and officially inaugurated in San Lazzaro di Savena with the active participation of Man Ray in 1969, intended to welcome and promote the work of artists and researchers from different disciplines, with the aim of identifying new forms of production and communication of culture and the arts.
LIMITED. stands in the exhibition program of Paradisoterrestre gallery as one of the feasible trait d'union between art and design, the two realms that characterize its research.
Title: Paradisoterrestre presents LIMITED
Opening: January 27, 2023
Ending: March 25, 2023
Organization: Galleria Paradisoterrestre
Place: Bologna, Galleria Paradisoterrestre
Address: Via De' Musei, 4 - 40124 Bologna
More info on this website: https://paradisoterrestre.it/
Facebook: paradisoterrestre.it
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