Gaetano Pesce
- Introduction
- Gaetano Pesce (born 8 November 1939) is an Italian architect and a design pioneer of the 20th century. Mr. Pesce was born in La Spezia in 1939, and he grew up in Padua and Florence. During his 50-year career, Mr. Pesce has worked as an architect, urban planner, and industrial designer. His outlook is considered broad and humanistic, and his work is characterized by an inventive use of color and materials, asserting connections between the individual and society, through art, architecture, and design to reappraise mid-twentieth century modern life .
- Wikidata
- Q1491035
- Introduction
- In 1959, he commenced his studies of architecture at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Venice, and from 1961 to 1965, attended the new Venice College of Industrial Design, an experimental school whose teachers included Ernesto Rogers, Mario Bellini, Carlo Scarpa, Richard Sapper, and Giuseppe Mazzariol. Before completing his studies, Pesce opened a studio in Padua with Milena Vettore, a young designer he had met at the Venice College of Industial Design. Pesce lives and works primarily in New York, although he maintains a studio in Paris, where he lived for many years. He is the designer of the "I Feltri" armchairs, the "Table La massa schiaccia le minoranze", and the Table with Twelve Legs located in the Shaughnessy House in Montréal, Québec.
- Nationalities
- Italian, American
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Architect, Designer, Furniture Designer
- Names
- Gaetano Pesce, Gaetano Pesshe, Gaʼeṭano Pesheh
- Ulan
- 500012401
Exhibitions
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9 + 1 Ways of Being Political: 50 Years of Political Stances in Architecture and Urban Design
Sep 12, 2012–Jun 9, 2013
MoMA
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Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000
Jul 29–Nov 5, 2012
MoMA
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Standard Deviations: Types and Families in Contemporary Design
Mar 2, 2011–Jan 30, 2012
MoMA
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Dreamland: Architectural Experiments since the 1970s
Jul 23, 2008–Mar 16, 2009
MoMA
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Architecture & Design: North Gallery Rotation 2
Dec 14, 2005–Apr 6, 2006
MoMA
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Gaetano Pesce has
16 exhibitionsonline.
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Gaetano Pesce Up 1 Chair 1969
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Gaetano Pesce Up 1 Chair Collapsed Version 1969
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Gaetano Pesce "Fiorinbocca" 1969
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Gaetano Pesce Up 5 Lounge Chair with Up 6 Ottoman 1969
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Gaetano Pesce Moloch Floor Lamp 1970-71
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Gaetano Pesce The Period of Great Contaminations: Housing Unit for Two People, project, Axonometric section 1971
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Gaetano Pesce The Period of Great Contaminations: Housing Unit for Two People, project 1971
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Gaetano Pesce Golgotha Chair 1972
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Gaetano Pesce Sit Down (Perspective) 1975
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Gaetano Pesce Sitdown Lowback Armchair 1975
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Gaetano Pesce Church of Solitude Project, New York, New York, Transverse section 1974-77
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Gaetano Pesce Church of Solitude Project, New York, New York, Plan 1974-77
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Gaetano Pesce Church of Solitude Project, New York, New York, Longitudinal section 1974-77
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Gaetano Pesce Pratt Chair (no. 3) 1984
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Gaetano Pesce Pratt Chair, No. 3 Study Drawing 1984
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Gaetano Pesce Feltri Chair 1986
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Gaetano Pesce Feltri Chair 1986
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Gaetano Pesce Feltri Chair 1986
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Gaetano Pesce Pratt Chair, No. 3 Study Drawing 1988
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