Italian designer and architect Gaetano Pesce is dead at 84.
– Italian architect and industrial designer Gaetano Pesce has died at 84 year, according to a post Thursday morning on his official Instagram account. at the University of Venice and was a participant in Gruppo N, a collective concerned with programmed art patterned after the Bauhaus.“Gaetano remained positive, playful and ever curious. He is survived by his children, family, and all who adored him. His uniqueness, creativity and special message live on through his art,” it said.
In October, the Museum of Arts and Design recognized Gaetano as a “visionary” in the fields of art, architecture, and“I cannot say that my work is elegant, it’s not. I cannot say that my work is practical, but maybe my work makes people think,” he said. Pesce taught architecture at the Institut d’Architecture et d’Etudes Urbaines in Strasbourg, France, for 28 years, at the Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, at the Domus Academy in Milan, at the Polytechinc of Hong Kong, the Architectural School of Sao Paulo and at the Cooper Union in New York City. After living in Venice, London, Helsinki and Paris, he made New York City his home in 1980.
As a sculptor, he embraced synthetic materials that he argued could trace their origins to nature and the ground. Resin, foam and silicone captured both the sort of transparency and color Pesce sought to achieve in his jubilant and sometimes provocative works. Pesce’s relevance in the fashion industry only grew over time. In 2022, Pesce designed 400 resin chairs for Matthieu Blazy’s Pesce had plans for the upcoming Milan Design Week.
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