Muzeum czy sklep? Uwagi na temat wystawy „Mendini. Maestro del Design” w Muzeum Architektury we Wrocławiu

• Authors: Wąs Cezary

Title variants

EN

A museum or a shop? Remarks concerning the exhibition “Mendini. Maestro del Design” at The Museum of Architecture in Wrocław

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

Alessandro Mendini’s exhibition was a review of his artistic output in the areas of design and architecture. The Italian artist’s works ranging from redesigned furniture to the newest versions of the Proust armchair were introduced. The part of the exposition were also models and photograms of the executed architectural works, including the Groningen Museum. The exhibition showed also a model of a sculpture representing a harlequin, which is going to be executed on one of the squares in Wrocław. On 1st December 2014 Mendini was awarded the title of doctor honoris causa of The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław.

Keywords

PL

postmodernizm; włoski design; Alessandro Mendini

• Publisher: Instytut Historii Sztuki, Uniwersytet Wrocławski
• Journal: Quart. Kwartalnik Instytutu Historii Sztuki Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 1(35)
• Pages: 83-89
• Physical description: recenzja wystawy

Dates

published

2015

Contributors

author

Wąs Cezary

• Instytut Historii Sztuki, Uniwersytet Wrocławski

References

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• Mendini [katalog wystawy], red. D. Koziara, U. Smaza-Gralak, Wrocław 2014
• Mendini Alessandro, Scritti, a cura di L. Parme-sani, Milano 2004