Handmade in Albisola
Attese Edizioni


La Triennale di Milano
Collezione Permanente del Design Italiano

aprile – maggio 2007




Curated by Roberto Costantino

Artists and designers
Alessandro Biamonti, Claudio Bracco, Andrea Branzi, Florence Doléac, Marti Guixé, Christina Iacopino, Corrado Levi, Adeline Lunati, Alessandro Mendini, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Franco Raggi, Denis Santachiara, Paolo Ulian, Guido Venturini



“Handmade in Albisola. Attese Edizioni”, La Triennale, Milan, 2007. From right to left: Alessandro Mendini, Tre Sfere; Christina Iacopino, Frammenti



During the course of the twentueth-century, in the territory of the Albisole, a land of ancient ceramic-making traditions, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti set up the Free Republic of the Arts, Bruno Munari brought to life imaginary majolica-coated animals, Lucio Fontana created space in the earth with holes and slashes, Piero Manzoni discovered and made use of kaolin, the white ceramic ingredient of his cold achrome, Asger Jorn agitated the collective actions of the Bauhaus Imaginiste, and Guy Debord put the spotlight  of his Architecture Sauvage in a sophisticated text.
It is in this land that, ever since 2000, the “Attese” association has been promoting the hybriditation of local craft traditions and their encounter with the innovative culture of design, free artistic expression, business culture and high-tech, with the aim of introducing content worthy of our age into contemporary ceramics. To achieve this, the “Attese” association has been setting up a large and flexible network in the area of the Albisole. It recalls the historic model of italian manufacturing districts and is designed to start up and developed research, training, and local ceramic traditions, designers and artists of international fame, critics, art and design historians, high-tech business, universities, vocational training centres, and local and territorial authorities.
The results of the work being carried out by the Biennale di Ceramica nell'Arte Contemporanea take concrete form in the Attese Edizioni – the “long awaited editions” wich are being presented here in the form of limited editions numbered and signed by designers and artists like Alesandro Mendini and Andrea Branzi, Michelangelo Pistoletto and Corrado Levi.

Roberto Costantino



“Handmade in Albisola. Attese Edizioni”, La Triennale, Milan, 2007. From right to left: Alessandro Biamonti, 3 Kg; Martì Guixé, Snowball; Guido Venturini, Fioraio

Partial view of the exhibition “Handmade in Albisola. Attese Edizioni”, La Triennale, Milan, 2007. In the foreground, from right to left: Andrea Branzi, Intrecci

Partial view of the exhibition “Handmade in Albisola. Attese Edizioni”, La Triennale, Milan, 2007. In the foreground, from right to left: Andrea Branzi, Intrecci, Alessandro Mendini, Tre sfere

“Handmade in Albisola. Attese Edizioni”, La Triennale, Milan, 2007. From left to right: Guido Venturini, Fioraio; Martì Guixé, Snowball; Alesaandro Biamonti, 3 KG

“Handmade in Albisola. Attese Edizioni”, La Triennale, Milan, 2007. From left to right: Florence Doleac, Patate, urne fùnerarie familiale; Claudio Bracco, Il piatto per l'ultimo pisello

“Handmade in Albisola. Attese Edizioni”, La Triennale, Milan, 2007. From left to right: Paolo Ulian, Una seconda vita; Michelangelo Pistoletto, Il libro del Terzo Paradiso

“Handmade in Albisola. Attese Edizioni”, La Triennale, Milan, 2007.  In the foreground: Michelangelo Pistoletto, Il libro del Terzo Paradiso

“Handmade in Albisola. Attese Edizioni”, La Triennale, Milan, 2007.  In the foreground: Paolo Ulian, Una seconda vita

“Handmade in Albisola. Attese Edizioni”, La Triennale, Milan, 2007. From left to right: Corrado Levi, Enigma; Denis Santachiara, Qualc'uno; Guido Venturini, Puzzola

“Handmade in Albisola. Attese Edizioni”, La Triennale, Milan, 2007. From right to left: Denis Santachiara, Qualc'uno; Corrado Levi, Enigma; Andrea Branzi, Intrecci; Alessandro Mendini, Tre sfere; Christina iacopino, Frammenti

“Handmade in Albisola. Attese Edizioni”, La Triennale, Milan, 2007. From left to right: Guido Venturini, Puzzola; Adeline Lunati, Preziosi stampi

Photography
Fulvio Rosso


Sponsor
Fondazione Der Mari, Savona