Alpenglühen:

100 years of Ettore Sottsass Jr

On the occasion of Ettore Sottsass’ 100th birthday this exhibition delves into the beginnings of Sottsass’ earlier years in Innsbruck and Turin, and his attempts at becoming an artist after serving in the Alpine Regiment during the second world war. As a designer he was convinced that objects needed to have sensuality. The Italian designer created a new genre where his creations possessed a spirit that went beyond the functional. Alpenglühen brings together contemporary art which plays with the notion of functionalism versus the romantic, idealistic and visionary.

“When I was young, all we ever heard about was functionalism, functionalism, functionalism. It’s not enough. Design should be sensual and exciting.”

“A chair must be really important as an object, because my mother always told me to offer my chair to a lady”

— Ettore Sottsass Jr.

Artists:

Gilbert Bretterbauer
Coco Crampton
Siro Cugusi
Magdalena Drwiega
Marina Faust
Paul Kindersley
Jakob Lena Knebl
Camilla Løw
Georg Petermichl
Stefan Reiterer
Salvatore Viviano
& Ettore Sottsass

press release

'Alpenglühen: 100 years of Ettore Sottsass Jr' Publication

Installation View
Installation View
Installation View
Ettore Sottsass
Teapot, 1973
Ettore Sottsass
Asteroid Blue Light, circa 1968

enameled aluminium, plastic, chrome-plated brass
26 × 15.2 × 72.5cm
Jakob Lena Knebl
Amore Sottsass, 2011

colour photograph (photo by Georg Petermichl)
30.5 × 45cm (unframed) 60.5 × 52cm (framed) • Ed: 1/5 +1 AP
Marina Faust
Chap to Dine with, 2017

inkjet print on acid free non photographic silk tissue paper lying on matt paper, aluminum and glass frame
109 × 84cm
Coco Crampton
Chair, 2017

wood, mdf, oil paint
109 × 46 × 38 cm
Gilbert Bretterbauer
Red Grid, 2016

metal grid covered in threads
125 × 70 × 22cm
Coco Crampton
Snake Bite (Black Marble), 2017

wood, oil paint, led light
45 × 20.5 × 20.5cm • Ed: 1/18 +2 AP
Coco Crampton
Untitled, 2017

fibreglass, resin, paint, wool, polyester, filing
54 × 50 × 50cm
Camilla Løw
Jasmine, 2017

spray painted black steel and cord
90 × 105cm
Siro Cugusi
Untitled #1, 2017

mixed media on paper
33 × 24cm
Siro Cugusi
Untitled #2, 2017

mixed media on paper
33 × 24cm
Magdalena Drwiega
Composition Round and Square, 2017

concrete, copper, aluminium, spray paint
200 × 300 × 22cm
Paul Kindersley
Fucktionalism
Paul Kindersley
Fucktionalism
Paul Kindersley
Fucktionalism
Georg Petermichl
Key, 2017
Georg Petermichl
Schlüsselwerke, 2017

ceramics, glaze
64 × 46cm
Ettore Sottsass
Gold earrings with ebony rods, 1984–1986
Jenny van Sommers
Valentine, 2017

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