A space delineated by a curtain painted in intense colours and by a wall of reticulated mirrors – what sensation could this possibly evoke? This ambiguity and the framework symmetry allusions are the best environment in which Mollino’s work can be presented through comments and citations which are the key to a personal universe as fascinating as it is controversial.
The exhibition includes 40 original works – pieces of furniture, chairs, design objects, photographs, drawings and letters divided in three sections. The ground floor is devoted to furniture and unfinished projects, which have been completed especially for the occasion and placed in original settings.The most completed collection of Mollino’s chairs inspired by the beauty of the female body is on display on the veranda. The 17 types of chairs are arranged in a puzzle-like pathway. The documents section is on the first floor arranged in a setting reminiscent of some of Mollino’s projects and reformulating the idea of sensuality as an “exhibit.”
A space delineated by a curtain painted in intense colours and by a wall of reticulated mirrors – what sensation could this possibly evoke? This ambiguity and the framework symmetry allusions are the best environment in which Mollino’s work can be presented through comments and citations which are the key to a personal universe as fascinating as it is controversial.
The exhibition includes 40 original works – pieces of furniture, chairs, design objects, photographs, drawings and letters divided in three sections. The ground floor is devoted to furniture and unfinished projects, which have been completed especially for the occasion and placed in original settings.The most completed collection of Mollino’s chairs inspired by the beauty of the female body is on display on the veranda. The 17 types of chairs are arranged in a puzzle-like pathway. The documents section is on the first floor arranged in a setting reminiscent of some of Mollino’s projects and reformulating the idea of sensuality as an “exhibit.”