From 15th January to 13th March 2021 at La Verrière - the Brussels headquarters of Fondation d'entreprise Hermès - and at the ISELP, Institut Supérieur pour l'Etude du Langage Plastique, will be on display the exhibition “Forgiven by Nature”, a focus about life and production of the Italian architect and artist Gianni Pettena (Bolzano, 1940). This is the sixth event of “Matters of Concern |Matières à panser”, curated by Guillaume Désanges, a cycle of exhibitions on the theme of energy and the spiritual strength of art.
Gianni Pettena’s radical architecture on show in Brussels
The rebel genius of Gianni Pettena appears in Belgium for the first time, in a solo show developed in a double venue showing his most radical works.
Courtesy of the artist and Salle Principale, Paris © Antonio Maniscalco
Courtesy of the artist and Salle Principale, Paris © Studio Gianni Pettena
Courtesy of the artist and Salle Principale, Parigi © Laura Fantacuzzi
Courtesy of the artist and Salle Principale, Paris © Aurelio Amendola
Courtesy of the artist and Salle Principale, Paris © Aurelio Amendola
Courtesy dell'artista e Salle Principale, Paris © Studio Gianni Pettena
Courtesy of the artist and Salle Principale, Paris © Studio Gianni Pettena
Courtesy of the artist and Salle Principale, Paris © Studio Gianni Pettena
Courtesy of the artist and Salle Principale, Paris © Studio Gianni Pettena
Courtesy of the artist and Salle Principale, Paris © Studio Gianni Pettena
Courtesy of the artist and Salle Principale, Paris © Studio Gianni Pettena
Courtesy of the artist and Salle Principale, Paris © Studio Gianni Pettena
Courtesy of the artist and Salle Principale, Paris © Studio Gianni Pettena
Courtesy of the artist and Salle Principale, Paris © Studio Gianni Pettena
Courtesy of the artist and Salle Principale, Paris © Studio Gianni Pettena
Courtesy of the artist and Salle Principale, Paris © Studio Gianni Pettena
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Courtesy of the artist and Salle Principale, Paris © Antonio Maniscalco
© Studio Gianni Pettena
© Studio Gianni Pettena
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- Giulia Ronchi
- 18 January 2021
- Brussels
- exhibition
- 2021
“Forgiven by Nature" highlights the most significant moments of Pettena’s carrer, who in 1965 founded Radical Architecture in Florence (as well as movements like Archizoom, Superstudio and UFO), expressing a criticism against the normative architecture of that time and opposing a conceptual utopian language, driven by free thought and inspired by nature.
- Gianni Pettena
- Guillaume Désanges
- La Verrière e all’ISELP, Institut Supérieur pour l’Etude du Langage Plastique, Belgium
- From 15th January to 13th march 2021
Gianni Pettena, Human Wall, 2012, installation, Federico Luger, FL Gallery, Milan, Italy
Gianni Pettena, Paper (Midwestern Ocean), 1971, performance-installation, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, United States
Gianni Pettena, Paper, 2017, Galleria Giovanni Bonelli, Milan, Italy
Gianni Pettena, “Rumble” couch, 1967
Gianni Pettena, “Rumble” couch, 1967
Gianni Pettena, Architecture Forgiven by Nature, 2017, installazione permanente, Brufa, Perugia, Italia
Gianni Pettena, About Non-Conscious Architecture, 1972–1973, photographic series
Gianni Pettena, About Non-Conscious Architecture, 1972–1973, photographic series
Gianni Pettena, About Non-Conscious Architecture, 1972–1973, photographic series
Gianni Pettena, Ice House I, 1971, installation, Minneapolis, United States
Gianni Pettena, Ice House I, 1971, installation, Minneapolis, United States
Gianni Pettena, Project for Ice House II, 1971, disegno
Gianni Pettena, Clay House, 1972, installation, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Gianni Pettena, Clay House, 1972, installation, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Gianni Pettena, Landscapes of Memory, 1987, installation, from the exhibition “The Return of Art. Journey into the Mediterranean Dimension”, Castello Aragonese, Otranto, Lecce, Italy
Gianni Pettena, Architecture + Nature, 2011
Gianni Pettena, Breathing Architecture, 2012–2013
Gianni Pettena, Breathing Architecture, 2012–2013
Portrait of Gianni Pettena
Portrait of Gianni Pettena