Ugo La Pietra "Mediterranean Table" 1992 Ceramic Table

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Ugo La Pietra "Mediterranean Table" 1992 ceramic table Large table/sculpture with three-dimensional ceramic top modeled by hand, depicting the Italian Mediterranean landscape with rivers, valleys, woods, hills, gardens, squares, the variety of Mediterranean vegetation. Terracotta molded by hand and enameled white milk. Created by Bertozzi & Casoni in 1992 on the occasion of the XVIII Triennale di Milano “La VITA tra cose e natura", "Naturale/Virtuale" section curated by Ugo La Pietra. Exposed later also at Monza (Galleria Fatto ad Arte, 2000), Lucca (Fondazione Ragghianti, 2001), Milan (Fondazione Mudima, 2009), Triennale di Milano on the occasion of the monographic exhibition "Progetto disequilibrante" dedicated to Ugo La Pietra (2014 / 2015).

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Creator
Ugo La Pietra (Artist)
Dimensions
Height: 33.47 in. (85 cm)Width: 31.5 in. (80 cm)Depth: 314.97 in. (800 cm)
Materials and Techniques
EnameledCeramic
Place of Origin
Italy
Period
20th Century
Date of Manufacture
1992
Condition
Further documentation available.
Seller Location
Milan, IT
Reference Number
1stDibs: LU5096116846212
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About The Maker

Ugo La Pietra

Artist, architect, designer, and researcher in the large area of communication systems, he has been developing since 1962 an activity aimed at clarifying the "individual-environment" relationship. From the sixties, he developed an intense experimental activity, which became concrete in the theories of the "Unbalancing System", an original and personal contribution to European radical design. He realizes experimental environments in 1968 at the Milan Triennale and in 1972 at the New York MoMA for the exhibition "Italy: the new domestic landscape"; he is the curator of the audiovisual section at the Milan Triennale in 1981, of the "Chronographs" exhibition at the 1992 Venice Biennale, of the "Natural-Virtual" section at the Milan Triennale in 1996. He won the Compasso d'Oro for Research in 1979 and the Golden Compass for Career in 2016 He has directed the magazines: IN, Progettare Inpiù, Brera Flash, Fascicolo, Area, Abitare con Arte, Craftwork between Art and Design. Since 1985 it has organized exhibitions and seminars, in various artisan areas, bringing the culture of the project in relation to the culture of traditional making. He has made more than 900 solo and group exhibitions in Italy and abroad. From 2000 to 2005 he coordinated the "Artistic Design for Business" Department, which he founded, at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. He has taught in the main Faculties of Italian Architecture and Design.

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