To celebrate Alessandro Mendini, the Groninger Museum will host an exhibition on the Italian designer on show from 12 October 2019 through 5 May 2020. Mondo Mendini – the World of Alessandro Mendini is an exhibition originally designed by Mendini for the Dutch institution including more than 200 pieces. Among them, a three-metre-high version of Poltrona di Proust and Anna G, the dancer-shaped corkscrew for Alessi, along with other objects from his large collection, including jewellery, architectural models and sculptures. On display also are the works by other artists and designers who inpired him, such as Paul Signac, Wassily Kandinsky, Henri Matisse and Oskar Schlemmer, and objects by Italian designers Gio Ponti, Michele De Lucchi and Gaetano Pesce. Along with this exhibition, for its 25th anniversary, the Groninger Museum will held events and festivities.
Mondo Mendini: Groninger Museum celebrates the Italian master
At the Dutch museum from 12 October 2019 through 5 May 2020, an exhibition to honor the Italian designer through his works and those of the artists who inspired him.
Photo Erik en Petra Hesmerg 2014
Photo Erik en Petra Hesmerg 2014
Photo Carlo Lavatori – Alessandro Mendini Archive
Photo Marten de Leeuw
Photo Alessi – Alessandro Mendini Archive
Photo Heinz Aebi
Photo Marta Sansoni
Photo Ottavio Tomassini – Fondazione Bisazza Archive
Photo Marten de Leeuw
Photo Alessandro Mendini Archive
Photo Roberto Gennari Feslikenian
Photo Marco Ferrero
Photo Arigo Coppitz
Photo Riccardo Bianchi
Photo Alessandro Mendini Archive
Photo Vitra Design Museum - Alessandro Mendini Archive
Photo Marten de Leeuw
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- Francesca Grillo
- 19 September 2019
- Groningen
- Mondo Mendini – The World of Alessandro Mendini
- Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands
- 12 October 2019-5 May 2020
Groninger Museum, Groningen
Alessandro Mendini
Alessandro Mendini, Poltrona di Proust, 1978, collection Groninger Museum.
Alessandro Mendini, Anna G., 1994, corkscrew for Alessi.
Alessandro Mendini, Kandissi Sofa, 1980, collection Groninger Museum.
Alessandro Mendini, Abissina, 2018, produced by Alessio Sarri, Sesto Fiorentino.
Alessandro Mendini, Mobili per uomo: Borsa, 1997, collection Fondazione Bisazza, Vicenza.
Alessandro Mendini, Redesign: Zig Zag Rietveld, 1978, collection Groninger Museum.
Alessandro Mendini, Per Depero, 2010, produced by Galleria Paolo Curti / Annamaria Gambuzzi Milano.
Alessandro Mendini and Francesco Mendini, Model for Fursys, Chung Ju, Zuid-Korea, 2018, collection Atelier Mendini, Milan / Abet Laminati, Bra
Alessandro Mendini, Damina Llandrò, 2000, collection Alessandro Mendini, Milan.
Alessandro Mendini, Depero, 2017, produced by Argenteria Pampaloni Firenze.
Alessandro Mendini, Lassù, part of the series sculptures in golden brass, 1994-2005, produced by Short Stories.
Alessandro Mendini, Performance Lassù, 1974.
Alessandro Mendini, Lassù, 1974, collection Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein
Alessandro Mendini, Tête géante, 2002, collection Alessandro Mendini, Milan