Sculptures of one of the major representatives of Concrete Art and Design in Europe
Marcello Morandini was born in 1940 in Mantua and studied at the Brera Art Academy in Milan before moving to Varese where he still lives and works. Morandini, who has always been interested in art as knowledge and cultural enrichment, architecture as habitat and utopia, design as ergonomics and aesthetics, has become one of the major representatives of Concrete Art and Design in Europe with important exhibitions and public installations worldwide. Morandini's work has been exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions at: Galleria del Deposito, Genoa, 1965; IX Biennale d'Arte Moderna, Sao Paulo, 1967; XXXIV Venice Bienniale, 1968; Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, 1972; Documenta 6, Kassel, 1977; Documenta Urbana, Kassel, 1982; Die Neue Sammlung, Munich, 1993; Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, 1994; Museo d'Arte Moderna, Castello di Masnago, Varese, 2006; Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna Ca'Pesaro, Venice, 2008; National Museum of China, Beijing, 2011; Kunstmuseum, Bayreuth, 2014. Private view: Tuesday, 8th September, 6pm - 8.30 pm