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One Postmodern Mastrangelo Museum Chair designed by Alessandro Mendini 1986
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Postmodern Museum chair by Alessandro Mendini, Sedile del'Museo Bagatti Valsecchi` - also known as the" Museum Chair ", designed by Alessandro Mendini in 1996.
Price per chair, two chairs available.
The chair is signed on the front of the backrest - a second chair available is signed on it´s back. Only very few samples of the chair were produced.
Very good vintage condition with slight signs of wear on seat. Signature partially faded.
Alessandro Mendini artistic attitude to design objects questions the meaning of furniture itself. The objects cab be understood as a humorous commentary on furniture and further on design history. The chairs backrest shows an abstracted portrait, probably of his partner, Anna Gili, incorporated as a muse. Underneath the relief of two fishes can be found, with shimmering eyes with a sort of pearl inlay.
Withdrawing furniture from their actual everyday use they too become an icon and therefore an object of fine art rather than a mere useful thing. Mendini joyfully plays with furniture‘s role in the interior & you can be sure: Mendini’s objects don’t quite fit the habits we associate them with. Mendini’s attitude towards design certainly was radical, also his objects seem not to on first impression.
- Creator:Alessandro Mendini (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 33.47 in (85 cm)Width: 18.51 in (47 cm)Depth: 21.26 in (54 cm)Seat Height: 15.75 in (40 cm)
- Style:Post-Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:1990-1999
- Date of Manufacture:1996-1997
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Offenburg, DE
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU6681230409872
Alessandro Mendini
Alessandro Mendini was born in Milan in 1931. Through his work as an architect, designer, journalist, theorist and publisher, Mendini helped establish the Italian design sensibility on a global scale with a particular focus on neo-modern, avant-garde design as well as the crossover between art, design and architecture.
Mendini’s influential work spanned the arenas of graphics, furniture, interiors, architecture, stage design, writing and painting. He graduated from the Polytechnic University of Milan in 1959, and he began his career at the studio of artist-designer Marcello Nizzoli. He went on to become the publisher of the popular magazines Casabella (1970–76), Modo and Domus (each 1979–85).
In 1979, Mendini joined Ettore Sottsass and Michele de Lucchi as a partner at Studio Alchimia, a harbinger of the Memphis Group before he cofounded Domus Academy in 1982. In 1989, he and his brother Francesco established their architectural practice, Atelier Mendini, in Milan, where he worked until his death in February 2019. In recognition of his outstanding body of work, Mendini was awarded the Compasso d’Oro twice, in 1979 and 1981. He was also honored by the Architectural League of New York, made Chevalier des Arts et Lettres in France, and, in 2014, he was awarded the European Prize for Architecture.
Mendini’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, among others.
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