Art thoughts

Molto Bello

Icons of Modern Italian Design

Heide Museum of Modern Art

Bulleen, Melbourne

To March 23

Prototype for the Sacco 1969, Zanotta, Italy. (beanbag)

`Molto Bello: Icons of Modern Italian Design showcases some of the most significant achievements in the history of twentieth-century Italian design spanning the sixty year period from the first Milan Design Triennale in the 1930s to the Memphis Group of the 1980s.'

https://www.heide.com.au/exhibitions/italian-design/

Ghost Chair, 1987, Cini Boeri, Tomu Katayanagi.
Manufacturer Fiam Italia.

Pallade floor lamp, 1968, Studio Tetrarch.
Manufacturer, Artemide.

Timor perpetual calendar, 1967. Enzo Mari.
Manufacturer, Danese Milano.

Zodiaco Floor Fan, c1955 (designer unknown).
Manufacturer, Sangiorgio Elettrodomestici

Ron Robertson-Swann

Illusion and Gravity

1960s and 70s painting and sculpture from the artist’s collection

Charles Nodrum Gallery

Richmond, Melbourne

To March 29

www.charlesnodrumgallery.com.au

Installation view

'To see these works of a particular period brought together for the first time has been a significant experience for me and I sincerely hope for the viewers, too.

Three paintings in the exhibition are repainted versions of works that were damaged beyond repair some time ago by flood. These works were originally painted in London in 1963/64, before “The Field” exhibition that shocked the Australian Art World. They were a particular geometric design which I was able to repaint.

I am pleased to revisit these works in the exhibition after 60 years and seeing them stand up to the test of time.' Ron Robertson-Swann, February, 2024.