In 1973, Vico Magistretti designed the Locanda dell’Angelo in Ameglia, Italy “as a mirror reflecting the white of the Apuan Alps and the blue of the Ligurian Sea.” Every detail of the hotel, including the seating, lighting and logo, was designed by Magistretti to create a curated experience. In this refined, asymmetrical structure, Magistretti seamlessly [...]
Author Archives: Frank Benson
Robert Grosvenor
June 16, 2011 – 10:13 am
In the mid 1960s, Robert Grosvenor (born 1937) created several groundbreaking fiberglass and plywood sculptures, which made an unprecedented use of the gallery space. Grosvenor referred to his works as ”ideas, which operate between the floor and ceiling”. Indeed, his strikingly modern, futuristic, and perceptually perplexing works seem to hover in space magically while clearly [...]
Stephen Kaltenbach
June 9, 2011 – 7:59 am
Stephen Kaltenbach: slantstep 2, (now on view at Specific Object/David Platzker in NYC through Friday, June 10) celebrates slantstep 2, 1969, a multiple by Stephen Kaltenbach designed by William Plumb. Slantstep 2 is a molded fiberglass reinterpretation of the original Slant Step, discovered in the Mount Carmel Salvage Shop in Mill Valley, California in 1965 [...]
Derrick Woodham and Isaac Witkin
June 2, 2011 – 9:41 am
Derrick Woodham (born 1940) and Isaac Witkin (1936-2006) were included in the seminal 1965 exhibition The New Generation at the Whitechapel Gallery, London UK, and the Primary Structures show at the Jewish Museum, in New York. Both artists made use of new materials, such as plastic and fiberglass to create colorful, volumetric works. They immigrated to the [...]
