Floating Cities
The Floating Cities are suspended wooden sculptures. They are completely handmade, by myself. The finish is gold, silver or copper leaf. Lights makes them useful for lighting as lamps or chandeliers. Shades of color increase the suspension effect. Each Floating City is entirely built with my hands, for this reason it is possible to design and make them in variable sizes and colours, and it is also possible to choose between gold, silver or copper leaf. Le Floating Cities sono frutto di una personalissima urgenza espressiva. Qualche tempo fa ascoltai una intervista realizzata a...
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Silent lamps are completely made of wood. Every lamp is hand made by Umberto Dattola simply rolling and carving sheets of popolar wood. Every piece is unique, signed and numbered. Measure: H 190 cm light: spherical energy saving led lamp 40W/120W. Materials: Sheets of poplar plywood, and solid lemon tree. Finishing: natural oil. Thanks to the inside lamp that light the wood grain, the carved wood that plays with lights and shadows, the Silent Lamp is able to create a warm and dreaming atmosphere. Switched of the Silent lamp is also a sculpture during the day, the original shape and...
Read MoreMDW 2023 at Esh Gallery
FUGACITTA’. Umberto Dattola – Guido De Zan – Kouzo Takeuchi 28 March – 5 May 2023 Opening: 28 March, 6 to 9 p.m. 29 March to 6 April: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. “The exhibition will remain open to the public with several evening and weekend openings during Milan Art Week and Fuorisalone week. ESH Gallery is pleased to present Fugacittà, an exhibition dedicated to the works of artists Umberto Dattola, Guido De Zan and Kouzo Takeuchi. For the first time in the history of human civilisation, more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas. Cities allow the exchange of...
Read MoreInvisible Cities at Galerie Lise Braun Saint Tropez
In Agoust 2021 and Dicember/January 2022 Invisible Cities have been exhibited at Galerie Lise Braun in Saint Tropez. The Exhibition was curated by Valentina Guidi Ottobri of VGO Associated. The location in one of most renowned and prestigious art and design place, was great to host the gold leaf...
Read MoreDissolutions at MUDAC – CH
From Febraury the 26th at MUDAC Musée du Design ed des Arts Appliqués Contemporains in Lausanne Switzerland, will display Extraordinaire an exhibitions that is going to gather works of the most renewed art designer from all over the world. Formafantasma, Maarten Baas, Vanessa Beecroft, Humberto e Fernando Campana, Pieke Bergmans, Studio Droogs, Sebastien Errazuriz etc… Have been invited to show their work.That’s why it’s a great honor for me to be invited to exhibit my Work Dissolutions 2014, an old chair transformed in something else, new, not necessary better than...
Read MoreAt Dilmos for the Milan Design Week
The historic Design Gallery Dilmos is at her 38th Edition of Milan Design Week. On this occasion is going to present an extremely curated exhibition with higly selected international artists. A significant section of the Gallery will be destined to my Invisible Cities. On the occasion new finishes will be presented: rose gold leaf, oxidized brass and oxidized iron. Dilmos was founded in 1980 as an exhibition space for high-end designer furniture featuring iconic modern objects along with the production of manufacturers at the forefront of contemporary design. Is one of most famous gallery...
Read MoreInvisible Cities at Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London
From 28th February to 3th March, to Saatchi Gallery London, I’m going to exhibit my Invisible Cities in collaboration with ESH Gallery di Milano . I will be there with my sculptures and on this occasion one of them will be gilded in rose gold. Collect is the only gallery-presented art fair dedicated to modern craft and design, and provides an opportunity to discover and invest in exceptional work produced in the last five years by living artists, much of which is made exclusively for the Fair. Collect will occupy the whole of the Saatchi Gallery for four days with 45 galleries - the...
Read MoreEVNI Sculpture at London Design Festival
Mint Shop Gallery dedicated to Art-Design of emerging and established designer, is going to mark its 20th anniversary with an exhibition called TRANS-FORM where are gathered the closest designer collaborating with the gallery. There will be over 60 material-forward designers focusing on altering the state of matter through the design process. The Exhibition is part of the London Design Festival 2018, the appointment that will spread in prestigious locations of the city art and design. On show at Mint my EVNI sculptures as well. Inauguration on 20th September from 8...
Read MoreInvisible Cities at Fenman House London
Two new version of Invisible Cities will be presented at the Pop Up space curated by Matter of Staff, at Fenman House, 5 Lewis Cubitt Walk, King Cross, London on 6th September with a party starting at 8,30 pm. On the occasion the show will be amazing and designed by Raw Edges Studio. Contemporary Designers has been selected by the professional expertise of the well renewed London brand Matter of Stuff. I will present there my gold leaf rose color cabinet, with branches collected on Franciacorta hills as handles. Invisible Cities Wall as well with traditional gold leaf and a small version of...
Read MoreAt Galerie Scene Ouverte Paris
Galerie Scene Ouverte is strongly oriented to French and European excellences working on art design; works containing an high rate of handcraft skills. Materials in dialogue with poetry and fascinations. I’m so honored to exhibit my works at Galerie Scene Ouverte as part of this way to intend art and design, with the “Exposition Jardin D’Hiver” and present my Invisible Cities furniture sculptures and my Silent Lamps. Inaugurational party Sunday December the 3th, 12-5 pm, to Galerie Scene Ouverte, Rue de Rosiers 111 (Marchè Paul Bert), Paris. I will be at the...
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