Galleria Post Design
11 September 2008 – 11 November 2008

Exhibition: “venice”

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Inauguration: Thursday, 11 September 2008
Cocktail: 7 p.m.

Galleria Post Design
Via della Moscova 27
Milano
Tel.: 02-6554731
e-mail: postdesign@tiscali.it

Opening times: Tuesday-Saturday 10-13 15-19,30

Through the exhibition “venice”, Galleria Post Design starts a series of monothematic exhibitions that will present pieces of the collection Memphis Milano, Meta Memphis and Post Design, selected by typology and use.
During the next months, will be exhibit tables, chairs, lamps, carpets, objects that prove Memphis’great creativity and contemporaneity, from its birth in 1981, with the historical collection Memphis Milano, to nowadays with Post Design collections.

“venice”

The first exhibition will focus on tables. It will be presented more than twenty tables , including some luminous.
Main actor will be “Venice” table, that inspired the title of the exhibition.
Designed by Robert Mangurian for the Memphis Milano collection 1983, it has been realized as an unique piece and never produced.
Made in anodized titanium, essential in the shape and weight, is the precursor of the metal light furnish.

We asked Robert Mangurian:
“What was your aim, idea, designing Venice in 1983?”

He answered:
“Behind Venice was thought to produce the light table ever (for strength to weight). In hindsight, wood would have better choice. But I was thrilled with the way one could color titanium, and the delicacy of the finish. In addition, I liked the fact that touching the surface with one’s hand changed (temporarily) the coloration of the titanium.
I had been working with James Turrell, and got caught up in the knife edge to the table. I would have liked it better with the edge being really sharp, and then the story would be that the table would be a very dangerous place to have an argument.
Sub-text to the table was my father’s involvement. He was an aeronautical structural engineer”.

For further information
Post Design
Sonia Galbiati
e-mail: postdesign@tiscali.it