Frisian Wouw by Claudy Jongstra
Marcello Morandini is equally the grand old man of Edition Ruckstuhl. The internationally renowned Italian artist from Varese has created a diverse body of work over nearly five decades of his creative activity with remarkable consistency, encompassing both fine and applied arts as confidently as architecture.
Formally, Morandini's works—although the master himself views such categorizations with some skepticism—are close to Op Art and constructivist-concrete art. Mathematical principles, geometric basic shapes, and optical effects form the foundation of practically all his works. A central theme of his artistic research is the visual representation of movement or sequences of movement, for which he mostly uses the black-and-white contrast. The list of his paintings, graphics, sculptures, large-scale sculptures, furniture, lighting, rugs, other design objects, public and facade designs, as well as buildings, is as extensive as the number of his exhibitions in almost all European countries, North and South America, Japan, Australia, South Korea, and South Africa.
Already while studying at the famous Accademia di Brera art school in Milan between 1959 and 1964, Morandini worked as an industrial and graphic designer. His first artistic works were created in 1962. In 1965, he was able to present his work for the first time in a solo exhibition. Morandini gained international attention through his participation in the Biennales of Sao Paulo (1967) and Venice (1968). Another highlight of his artistic career was the invitation to Documenta 6 in 1977 in Kassel. In 1979, he began his long-standing and intensive collaboration with the German porcelain manufacturer Rosenthal, his probably most important industrial partner. In addition to artistic small sculptures produced in limited editions, he designed numerous vases, porcelain tableware, and other objects for Rosenthal. Furthermore, the facade designs for two company buildings in the mid-1980s attracted great attention. Additional architectural projects took Morandini several times to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur in the 1980s and 1990s, where he was mainly engaged in designing skyscraper facades. His most recent architectural project was the realization of the cultural center "Das Kleine Museum" in Weißenstadt in 2007. Still artistically very active, Morandini has increasingly taken on teaching roles at various European art and design universities since the 1990s. In 2008/09, his work was honored with a comprehensive retrospective, first shown in Venice at the Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Ca’Pesaro and subsequently at the Neue Sammlung in Nuremberg.
The rug Carpe Diem, designed by Morandini, is characterized by an unusual but clearly defined shape. Two intersecting bundles of diagonal lines, inscribed within a rectangle, swing out into a semicircle and then return diagonally to the rectangular shape. The resulting endless loop in the form of an elongated figure eight expresses a controlled dynamic. The black-and-white contrast typical of Morandini is softened to a dark gray-light gray contrast.
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hand-tufted
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