Gaetano Pesce

Gaetano Pesce
Born 1939
La Spezia
Nationality Italian
Occupation Architect
Practice architect, designer, educator
Organic building - Osaka
L'Organic Building (1993) a Osaka
Up chair, designed for C&B Italia (now B&B Italia), 1969
I Feltri, designed for Cassina (1987)
Gaetano pesce, vassoio in resina 03
Divano modulabile (2005) ispirato del tipico pane soffiato milanese

Gaetano Pesce (born 1939) is an Italian architect and a leading figure in contemporary industrial design. Mr. Pesce was born in La Spezia in 1939, and he grew up in Padua and Florence.[1] During his 50-year career, Mr. Pesce has worked as an architect, urban planner, and industrial designer. His outlook is considered broad and humanistic, and his work is characterized by an inventive use of color and materials, asserting connections between the individual and society, through art, architecture, and design.

Architecture career

Mr. Pesce studied architecture at the University of Venice, with such notable teachers as Carlo Scarpa and Ernesto Rogers. Between 1958 and 1963, Mr. Pesce participated in Gruppo N, an early collective concerned with programmed art patterned after the Bauhaus. Since the 1960s, Gaetano Pesce has been known to relate art to the design of interiors, products, and architecture.[2] The New York Times critic Herbert Muschamp described Mr. Pesce as "the architectural equivalent of a brainstorm." [3] Pesce's well known work includes Organic Building in Osaka, Japan, a Landmark vertical garden building designed to concealing a complex, computer-controlled hydration system to sustain plant growth, and the interior architecture of the Chiat/Day offices, an early workplace village modeled after urban life.[4] Among Mr. Pesce's architecture achievements are Les Halles ACIH (1979) and Parc de la Villette (1985), Paris, France, a complex of forms shaped like a running child.[5]

Mr. Pesce's prototypical three-dimensional models and architectural drawings are held in the permanent museum collections of MoMA, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City; the Philadelphia Museum of Art,PA; San Francisco Museum of Art, California; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Vitra Design Museum, Germany; Danish Museum of Art & Design, Copenhagen; Centre Pompidou and Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France, and the Triennale Museum, Milan, Italy.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

Architecture Projects, selected

" 09 - ITALY - TDM - Red armchair - Serie UP (UP5 and UP6) Gaetano Pesce chairs and B&B Italia at Triennale Design Museum

Industrial Design

Since the 1960s, Mr. Pesce has researched the function and form of utilitarian and decorative objects, including furniture, jewelry, and shoes, from the perspective of human emotion, environment, and production. Mr. Pesce is known for innovative high-minded modern design with wit and style. Mr. Pesce has challenged excepted standards of abstraction, uniformity, and homogeneity. Architecture and design critic Susan Slesin wrote, "For Gaetano Pesce, to be modern is to face the world squarely and use design as a means to comment on it.[22] Mr. Pesce has expanded established notions of Modernism through the creation functional, imperfect, and warm product design.[23] He is known to connect art and society to design through organic forms, for production by B&B Italia (formerly C & B Italia), Vitra, Cassina, as well as his fabric design People (1987), of 570 different figures, all of which incorporate ideas about variation and diversity in contemporary society.

For Mr. Pesce, the design and development of portable goods has always incorporated craft-specialization, history, humor, and the human need for connection. Mr. Pesce's industrial design techniques such asdiversified series production are processes by which he has experimented with materials using a craft manufacturing sensibility applied to mass production methodology.[24] On the production line, for example, factory workers vary proportions to produce a series of objects with a "one of a kind" quality.[25]

Since 1987, Mr. Pesce has experimented infusing ordinary materials with experimental additives, such as liquid plant resin, to simplify the manufacturing processes to adapt to limited industrial capabilities. Furthermore, socio-political messaging is sometimes found in the objects, such as the Nobody's Perfect (2002) chair, and a 2010 series of 60 distinct, irregularly shaped tables, for Cassina, which together form the recognizable shape of a boot shape to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy.[22][26]

Decades of Mr. Pesce's designed objects in galleries and museums ascribe the work to the realm of functional art. In 2014, Mr. Pesce's work was presented in a retrospective exhibition The Time of Diversity at the MAXXI, National Museum of the 21st Century Arts, Rome. The show charted the artfulness of Pesce's product design from the 1960s to the present.[27]

Mr. Pesce's architecture and design has been published, exhibited, and collected internationally and included in the permanent collections of museums around the world.

Solo Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions and programs

Architecture on Film: Italy – The New Domestic Landscape, MoMA, 1972 + Q&A with Gaetano Pesce and Peter Lang. [59]
Canadian Museum of History; Cincinnati Art Museum, OH; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada;
Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France.[63]
and Istituto Statale d'Arte di Venezia, Italy.[64]
Museum of Art & Design, (formerly American Craft Museum), New York, N.Y.[69]

Academic experience

For 28 years, Mr. Pesce taught architectural design at the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) (National Institute of Applied Sciences), Strasbourg, France; Domus Academy, Milan, Italy; City University of Hong Kong, China; Escola da Cidade, (AEAUSP), (Architectural School of São Paulo), Brazil; Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; and in New York, since 1980, at the Cooper Union.[76]

Professional Recognition

Notes

  1. ↑ "The Collection: Gaetano Pesce Italian, born 1939". MoMA.
  2. ↑ Perry, Amy (May 8, 2013). "The Legendary Gaetano Pesce on Work and Life". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ Muschamp, Herbert (October 16, 1994). "It's A Mad Mad Mad Ad World". The New York Times.
  4. ↑ Turner, Gavin; Myerson, Jeremy (1998). New Workspace, New Culture: Office Design as a Catalyst for Change. Gower Publishing Company. pp. 144 pages. ISBN 0566080281.
  5. ↑ Vanlaethem, France (1989). Gaetano Pesce : architecture, design, art. New York: Rizzoli. pp. 126 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. ISBN 0847810860.
  6. ↑ "Gaetano Pesce". The Centre Pompidou.
  7. ↑ "UP5 & UP6 Donna (1969): Gaetano Pesce". The Vitra Museum. 1982.
  8. ↑ "Collections: Gaetano Pesce". Philadelphia Museum of Art.
  9. 1 2 reddot online (2006-02-07). "Gaetano Pesce is AW Ontwerper van het Jaar". Retrieved 2007-03-27.
  10. ↑ "Gaetano Pesce Italian 1939, La Spezia, Italy". www.sfmoma.org.
  11. ↑ "Gaetano Pesc". collection.cooperhewitt.org.
  12. ↑ Gaetano Pesce: Architecture, Design, Art (1st ed.). United States of America: Rizzoli International Publications. 1989. ISBN 0847810860.
  13. ↑ "The Collection: Gaetano Pesce". MoMA. The Museum of Modern Art.
  14. ↑ Aa.Vv. (2012). 100 objects of italian design La Triennale di Milano: Permanent Collection of Italian Design, The Milan Triennale. Gangemi Editore. ISBN 9788849247060.
  15. ↑ Didero, Maria Cristina (August 28, 2014). "The value of imperfection". Domus.
  16. ↑ Barzilay, Marianne; Lombard - Valentino, Lucette; Hayward, Catherine (1984). L'Invention Du Parc : Parc De La Villette, Paris, Concours International; Parc De La Villette, Paris [International competition, 1982 - 1983]. Paris: Graphite / E.P.P.V.
  17. ↑ Hayat, Yves J (1993). Gaetano Pesce : la maison Hubin. Paris: Galerie Catherine et Stéphane de Beyrie.
  18. ↑ Lieber, Ronald B. (December 9, 1996). "Cool Offices Blowing Out Your Walls and Gettng Rid of Private Offices Is A Great Way To Eencourge Teamwork; Just Be Sure to Respect People's Need for Peace and Quiet". Fortune Magazine.
  19. ↑ "Gaetano Pesce retrospective opens in NYC". Archinet News. May 2013.
  20. ↑ Ballen, Sian; Hauge, Lesley (November 9, 2012). "Ruth Shuman". New York Social Diary.
  21. ↑ Sutherland, Jim (March 22, 2013). "20 Odd Questions: Gaetano Pesce". The Wall Street Journal.
  22. 1 2 Slesin, Suzanne (November 10, 1988). "Modern Notions Of Design: The Furniture of Gaetano Pesce". The New York Times.
  23. ↑ Sutherland, Jim (March 23, 2013). "Gaetano Pesce: the provocative Italian architect and designer on his history of doing things 'badly'-on purpose, of course". The Wall Street Journal.
  24. ↑ Viladas, Pilar (June 23, 2002). "What's the Big Idea?". The New York Times.
  25. ↑ Giovannini, Joseph (March 26, 2015). "Gaetano Pesce: 'One-of-a-Kind Iconic Works, 1967-2015". NY Times Art & Design.
  26. ↑ "Sensantunna". Cassina.
  27. ↑ Manuelli, Sara (July 24, 2014). "Design maverick Gaetano Pesce explores diversity in a retrospective at the Maxxi Museum, Rome".
  28. ↑ Martin, Douglas (April 22, 1984). "Spring In La Cite". The New York Times: Travel.
  29. ↑ Gaetano Pesce : a Yale School of Architecture Exhibition, October 31-December 2, 1983. New Haven, Conn. : Yale School of Architecture. 1983.
  30. ↑ Pesce, Gaetano (1986). "Gaetano Pesce, 1975-1985: Musée d'art moderne de Strasbourg, 29 mai-17 août 1986.". Strasbourg: Le Musée. OCLC 192378148.
  31. ↑ Slesin, Suzanne (November 10, 1988). "Modern Notions Of Design: The Furniture of Gaetano Pesce". The New York Times: Home & Garden.
  32. ↑ "Architecture and Design". www.tamuseum.org.
  33. ↑ "Gaetano Pesce : Le temps des questions". www.centrepompidou.fr.
  34. ↑ Ward, Timothy Jack (October 16, 1997). "Currents: GAETANO PESCE -- Somewhere Over the Rainbow". The New York Times: Home & Garden.
  35. ↑ Pesce, Gaetano (1999). Columbia University. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture, eds. "Gaetano Pesce, the presence of objects". OCLC 642574824.
  36. ↑ Hiesinger, Curator, Kathryn (October 21, 2005). "Gaetano Pesce's Design is Subject of 'Pushing the Limits' at Philadelphia Museum of Art: November 18 through April 9, 2006,". Philadelphia Museum of Art.
  37. ↑ "Gaetano Pesce: Il rumore del tempo". Triennale di Milano. 2005.
  38. ↑ Gaetano Pesce. Valencia: IVAM, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern : Generalitat Valenciana, Conselleria de Cultura, Educació. 2005.
  39. ↑ "Pink Pavilion di Gaetano Pesce". La Triennale di Milano. 2007.
  40. ↑ "GAETANO PESCE: PIECES FROM A LARGER PUZZLE". ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA LOS ANGELES. 2010.
  41. ↑ Hodge, Brooke (July 8, 2010). "Seeing Things: Gaetano Pesce in L.A.". New York Times Magazine.
  42. ↑ "PADIGLIONE ITALIA NEL MONDO-VENICE BIENNALE 2011: Gaetano Pesce and Angelo Filomeno exhibition". IICNew York. Italian Cultural Institute in New York.
  43. ↑ Zandardi, Eva (October 3, 2011). "Gaetano Pesce and Angelo Filomeno, An Exhibition On view at La Galleria, Italian Cultural Institute of New York". The Italian Cultural Institute of New York.
  44. ↑ "Fred Torres Gallery".
  45. ↑ Hanley, William (March 29, 2013). "Exhibition: Gaetano Pesce: L'Abbraccio". Architectural Record.
  46. ↑ Perry, Amy (May 8, 2013). "The Legendary Gaetano Pesce on Work and Life". The New York Times Style magazine.
  47. ↑ Fondazione MAXXI. "Gaetano Pesce. The time of diversity: 26 June 2014 - 5 October 2014". MAXXI: Museo Nazionale Delle Arti Del XXI Secolo.
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  49. ↑ "Transforming Reality: Italian Design Innovation and Fantasy". Cafesjian Center for the Arts. 2014.
  50. ↑ "Sotheby's: Gaetano Pesce". Domus. 2014.
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  52. ↑ Giovannini, Joseph (April 16, 2015). "Gaetano Pesce: 'One of a Kind Iconic Works, 1967-2015". The New York Times.
  53. ↑ "Gaetano Pesce: For Her". Reinstein Ross Gallery. 2015.
  54. ↑ "Performance nell'installazione "La Cucina. Luogo di passione" di Gaetano Pesce". http://www.triennale.org. External link in |website= (help)
  55. ↑ ""Scraps and sketches from all over the world", drawings by Gaetano Pesce". BMIAA. April 30, 2015.
  56. ↑ Pesce, Gaetano. "Fish Design - Hall 7 — Stand G175". Maison&Objet Paris 2015.
  57. ↑ Benyamin, Jasmine (September 2014). "Reviewed Work: Environments and Counter Environments. "Italy: The New Domestic Landscape," MoMA, 1972". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 73 (3): 436–437. doi:10.1525/jsah.2014.73.3.436 (inactive 2016-01-11). JSTOR 10.1525/jsah.2014.73.3.436.
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