Gaetano Pesce (Italian, 1939-2024), Goto Vase

1995, hand-cut soft cast resin in royal blue, made for Caffe Florian to mark the artist's show at the 1995 Venice Biennale, inscribed with a toast to Venice to base, signed "GAETANO PESCE AL FLORIAN VENEZIA 1995 ESTATE" to bottom, and "FLORIAN/TEMPORANEA" to underside.

5 7/8 x 4 3/8 x 4 1/4 in.

Born in La Spezia in 1939, Pesce studied architecture at the University of Venice and wrote a manifesto in his youth in defense of the right to inconsistency in art, the need to change, to be free, to not repeat ourselves. The boundaries between art, design and industry become irrelevant in his production, because even art is a product, it is the creative response to the needs of the time in which we live. His continuous research in the field of advanced materials, languages ​​and technology has resulted in iconic productions such as the Up series (1969), composed of seven examples of seats with voluptuous shapes, including the Up5_6 armchair, the first product of industrial design called to convey a political message, to denounce the condition of women in the world.

Pesce's multidisciplinary work is represented in the permanent collections of the most important museums in the world including the MoMA and the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, the Vitra Museum in Germany, and the Montreal Museum of Art, to name a few. His approach to design has marked its history and his works have been celebrated in exhibitions of extraordinary importance. Numerous companies continue to produce his projects.

Bio Courtesy of B&B Italia.

Good estate condition.