The Friedman Benda gallery in New York City presents an exhibition opening tomorrow, May 1st through June 21st, devoted to the ideas and explorations of Ettore Sottsass. Here's a snippet:

This exhibition will reflect Sottsass' broad-based investigation of the essential attributes, or archetypal forms, patterns and structures that convey universal ideas and explore the rituals of daily life. This quest underlies the myriad of domestic objects, volumes of photography, and architectural projects Sottsass created throughout his extensive working life.

The exhibition will include a number of iconic and metaphorical works including the well-known Neferititi desk (1968), first shown in the 1972 MoMA exhibition, Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, a Superboxi cabinet (1968) and the rare Flying Carpet Armchair (1972). Experimental works from the later 1970s, including Le Strutture Tremano side table (1979) which he created for Studio Alchimia, will be on view and for the first time in America, a group of bookcases and rarely seen glass sculptures from the early 1990s will be shown in the context of the earlier work.

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