Exhibition · Galerie 56
Ettore Sottsass
Et Tu, Ettore
Mar 19 – May 14
About the show
Et Tu, Ettore is the twelfth selling exhibition at Galerie56, and marks its first formal collaboration with Friedman Benda, a gallery spanning five continents and four generations representing a roaster of seminal designers and historically significant estates.
The exhibition is an intimate, monographic examination of the groundbreaking Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass (1917-2007). Galerie56 founder Lee F. Mindel, FAIA, offers an architect’s analysis of another architect’s creative output. The works to be featured range in medium and time period, acting as a survey of Sottsass’ approach to design. This includes rarely seen examples of his early ceramic prototypes made in the 1960s from Sottsass’ own personal collection, one of his iconic totems, and works from his Geology series produced in the early 2000s. The latter ceramic works in particular possess a potent kinship to the architecture of Galerie56 itself.
About Galerie 56
At the center of Manhattan’s TriBeCa neighborhood, Galerie56 is nestled into the street-level base of the iconic 56 Leonard – designed by acclaimed architects Herzog & De Meuron, and flanked by the new landmark sculpture by Anish Kapoor. It is conceived as a civic gesture meant to extend the seemingly private world of art and architecture into the context of the city.
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