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Obelisks, Paolo Venini and Constantin Boym

30 January 2015

Cristina Morozzi

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In the fifties Paolo Venini created for his brand, in the furnaces in Murano, the table obelisks in coloured glass, now belonging to the Marco Arosio collection. Away from the soft roundness of his classic vases, rigorous geometries and sharp profiles, which today appear absolutely modern, reveal unexpected similarities with the series of souvenirs in methacrylate on show in fall at the MAD (Museum of Arts and Design) exhibition of the Makers 2014 by Russian designer Constantin Boym, a long time New York resident. With the touch of irony that always distinguishes his work, Boym has stylized silhouettes of some of the American monuments, reproducing them in miniature, in glossy and loud colours, inaugurating a season of design for souvenirs.

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Where: Murano, Fondamenta Vetrai, 50

In the fifties Paolo Venini created for his brand, in the furnaces in Murano, the table obelisks in coloured glass, now belonging to the Marco Arosio collection. Away from the soft roundness of his classic vases, rigorous geometries and sharp profiles, which today appear absolutely modern, reveal unexpected similarities with the series of souvenirs in methacrylate on show in fall at the MAD (Museum of Arts and Design) exhibition of the Makers 2014 by Russian designer Constantin Boym, a long time New York resident. With the touch of irony that always distinguishes his work, Boym has stylized silhouettes of some of the American monuments, reproducing them in miniature, in glossy and loud colours, inaugurating a season of design for souvenirs.
Where: Murano, Fondamenta Vetrai, 50

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