For the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ettore Sottsass, Le Stanze del Vetro celebrates his glass production with the exhibition “Ettore Sottsass: the glass”, curated by Luca Massimo Barbero. It features more than 220 works, many of which on show for the first time, with an innovative exhibition layout designed by Annabelle Selldorf Studio. This is the first exhibition ever entirely dedicated to the glass and crystal production of the Italian designer.
Ettore Sottsass: the glass
For the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ettore Sottsass, the exhibition in Venice, celebrates his glass and crystal production. #BiennaleArte2017
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- 05 May 2017
- Venice
“Glass is an incredible medium, at once mysterious, transparent and fragile” – Sottsass said during one of his last interviews. “Needless to say, beyond glass one finds a whole universe of centuries-old traditions. For one of the first Triennale exhibitions, after the war, I was asked to design a glass object. I remember that at the time we were designing spheres with a Scottish pattern, with interwoven clear and dark stripes. It was my first experience of the kind.”
until 30 August 2017
Ettore Sottsass: the glass
Curator: Luca Massimo Barbero
Le Stanze del Vetro
Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice