Andrea Branzi: When poets ruled the world

57 x 31.25 x 9.5 inches

145 x 79.5 x 24 cm

Madri, 1965

Gesso on paper

Kandinsky Painting, bau. haus collection, 1979

Oil on canvas

35.25 x 46 x 1 inches

89.5 x 116.8 x 2.5 cm

Lissitzky Painting, bau. haus collection, 1979

Oil on canvas

36 x 28.25 x 1 inches

91.4 x 71.8 x 2.5 cm

Mondrian Painting, bau. haus collection, 1979

Oil on canvas

15.5 x 14.5 x 1 inches

39.4 x 36.8 x 2.5 cm

Studio Alchimia: Bau.haus art collection, 1981

Studio Alchimia Drawing, 1979

Elogio del Banale by Barbara Radice, 1980

Published on the occasion of the exhibition “L’oggetto banale”, Venice Biennale, 1980

Pigiama Armchair, bau. haus collection, 1979

Printed cotton designed by Andrea Branzi

42 x 27 x 26 inches

106.7 x 68.6 x 66 cm

Uomo Cactus tapestry, 1982

Cotton, silk, stitching

58.5 x 44.5 inches

148.6 x 113 cm

Animali Domestici Chair, 1985

Painted MDF and tree branches

35.5 x 19.75 x 21.25 inches

90 x 50 x 54 cm

The Animali Domestici series was the starting point for an investigation into new archetypes, which means very simple languages that however express a great universal communicative strength. Throughout the twentieth century, the neoplastic code, based on prisms, spheres, straight lines and planes, constituted a kind of archetypal repertoire applied to industrial prototypes. Once that code, born in the age of mechanics and early machines, ceased to be considered valid, the 21st century ushered in the hypothesis of elaborating linguistic codes based on new logics, yet endowed with the same capacity for recognition. - Andrea Branzi

Animali Domestici Installation, 1985

Birch and patinated aluminum

68 x 150 x 23.5 inches

172.7 x 381 x 59.7 cm

Edition of 12

Tree 1B, 2011

Wall 4, 2013

Patinated aluminum, chalk on printed canvas and wood

94.5 x 78.75 x 26.75 inches

240 x 200 x 68 cm

Edition of 12

Lamp, 2014

Japanese rice paper, bamboo, Belgian Bluestone 108.25 x 27.75 x 27.75 inches

275 x 71 x 71 cm

88 x 30 x 30 inches

224 x 76 x 76 cm

Edition of 12

Lamp, 2014

Japanese rice paper, bamboo, marble

Patinated and polished aluminum, wood and spray paint

63.25 x 110.25 x 19.75 inches

161 x 280 x 50 cm

Edition of 12

Plank Cabinet 8, 2014

Erme 1, 2021

Terracotta

73 x 23.75 x 15.75 inches

185 x 60 x 40 cm

Erme 2, 2021

73 x 23.75 x 15.75 inches

185 x 60 x 40 cm

Terracotta

Erme 4, 2021

Terracotta

73 x 23.75 x 15.75 inches

185 x 60 x 40 cm

Erme 6, 2021

Terracotta

73 x 23.75 x 15.75 inches

185 x 60 x 40 cm

Erme 7, 2021

Terracotta

73 x 23.75 x 15.75 inches

185 x 60 x 40 cm

Erme 8, 2021

Terracotta

73 x 23.75 x 15.75 inches

185 x 60 x 40 cm

Erme, Villa San Michele, Capri, 2021

Germinal Seat, 2022

Hand painted bamboo, painted aluminum

48.25 x 31.25 x 23.5 inches

123 x 79 x 60 cm

Unique, from a series of 12

Japanese rice paper, maple leaves, patinated aluminum and black bamboo 88.25 x 30 x 30 inches

224 x 76 x 76 cm

Edition of 12

Lamp (Maple Leaves), 2022

Edition

Lamp (Maple Leaves), 2022

Japanese rice paper, maple leaves, patinated aluminum and black bamboo 111 x 24.5 x 24.5 inches

281.9 x 62.2 x 62.2 cm

of 12

Fences, 2023

Hand painted bamboo, painted aluminum

58.75 x 59 x 26.75 inches

149 x 150 x 68 cm

Edition of 6

13 x 19 inches

Drawing (Untitled), 2011

Mixed media on paper

Drawing for Stones 5A, 2011

Mixed media on paper

9.75 x 13.5 inches

24.8 x 34.3 cm

Drawing for Stones 19A, 2011

Mixed media on paper

9.625 x 13.5 inches

24.4 x 34.3 cm

Drawing for Tree 2B, 2011

Mixed media on paper

9.625 x 13.5 inches

24.4 x 34.3 cm

13 x 18 inches

33 x 45.7 cm

Drawing for Tree C2, 2011

Mixed media on paper

8.25 x 11.75 inches

21 x 29.8 cm

Drawing for Tree C5, 2011

Mixed media on paper

13 x 19 inches

33 x 48.3 cm

Drawing for Tree D1, 2011

Mixed media on paper

Drawing for Animals A6, 2012

Mixed media on paper

11.75 x 16.5 inches

29.8 x 41.9 cm

Drawing for Animals, 2013

Mixed media on paper

13 x 18 inches

33 x 45.7 cm

13 x 18 inches

33 x 45.7 cm

Drawing for Trees and Animals, 2013

Mixed media on paper

Drawing for Plank Cabinet 3, 2014

Mixed media on paper

9.75 x 12.75 inches

24.8 x 32.4 cm

Drawing for Plank Cabinet 3, 2014

Mixed media on paper

11.75 x 16.5 inches

29.8 x 41.9 cm

Andrea Branzi

b. 1938

2023 Passed away, Milan, Italy

2008 Named an Honorary Royal Designer in the United Kingdom

1996 Director of Italian design exhibition at Milan Triennial

1991-1995 Guest professor at universities of Palermo and Milan, Italy

1988 Awarded first prize, International Competition for Development of the Berlin Wall Area

1987 Awarded second Compasso d’oro for individual body of work

1983 Co-founder of the Domus Academy, Milan, Italy

1982 Opens his own studio in Milan, Italy

1979 Awarded Compasso d’oro, with Massimo Morozzi and Clino Trini Castelli

1974 Archizoom Associati disbands

1973 Relocates to Milan, Italy

1966

Degree from Florence School of Architecture, Florence, Italy

Started working in the fields of industrial and research design

Founded Archizoom Associati with Paolo Deganello, Massimo Morozzi and Gilberto Coretti

1938 Born in Florence, Italy

Select Solo Exhibitions

2024 Andrea Branzi: When poets ruled the world, Friedman Benda booth at TEFAF Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands

2023

2021

2019

2017

2016

2014-2015

2013

2012

2009-2010

2008

Andrea Branzi: Contemporary DNA, Friedman Benda, New York, NY

Andrea Branzi: Metropoli Latina, Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Pompeii, Italy

La Metropoli Latina, Assab One, Milan, Italy

Glass-Oriented Design, Center for Innovation and Design at Grand-Hornu, Hornu, Belgium

Inauguration of a Permanent Space, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

Andrea Branzi: Interiors, Friedman Benda, New York, NY

The Multicultural Metropolis, Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy

Andrea Branzi: Pleased to meet you, 50 ans de creation, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Bordeaux, France

Oggetti, Territori, Volatili, Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin, Germany

Andrea Branzi: Trees & Stones, Friedman Benda, New York, NY

The Ceramics of Andrea Branzi, Trienniale Design Café, Milan, Italy

Objects and Territories, deSingel International Arts Campus and Vlaams Architectuurinstituut, Antwerp, Belgium

Andrea Branzi: Trees, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France

Grandi Legni, Azzedine Alaia Gallery, Paris, France

Open Enclosures, Fondation Cartier, Paris, France

2000 Objects and Territories, Cultural Center Scharpoord, Knokke; Architecture Society of Brussels, Belgium

Età del Bronzo, Design Gallery Milan, Italy

1999 Centro per l’arte contemporanea in Ceramica, Modena, Italy

1998 Passaggi, Design Gallery Milano, Milan, Italy

Silver and Gold, Argentaurum Gallery, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Ghent, Belgium

1997 Fuzzy Design, Design Gallery Milano, Milan, Italy

Wood & Stones, Argentaurum Gallery at Galleria Seno, Milan, Italy

1996 Wireless, Design Gallery Milano, Milan, Italy

Wood & Stones, Argentaurum Gallery, Knokke, Belgium

1994 Archivi militant, Galleria Colombari, Milan, Italy

Galleria Niccoli, Parma, Italy

Showroom Erregi, Parma, Italy

1992 Luoghi, Design Gallery Milano, Milan, Italy

1991 Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Montreal, Canada

Amnesie, Design Gallery Milan, Italy

Gallery Objecte, Munich, Germany

1989 Fort Asperen, Holland

1988 Centre Cayc, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Musée des Arts Dècoratifs, Paris, France

Tokyo Design Agency, Tokyo, Japan

1986 Il grande tappeto ibrido, Installation, Musée Saint Pierre, Lyon, France

Case a Pianta Centrale, Documenta, Kassel, Germany

1985 Exhibition products designed for Memphis at Seibu Department Store, Tokyo, Japan

1982 Mussolini’s Bathroom, Installation at Centro Domus, Milan, Italy

1978

Interno urbanistico, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, Italy

Assenza-Presenza nell’architettura moderna, Museo d’Arte Moderna di Modena, Italy

1972 Come e fatto il cappotto di Gogol, film, with Archizoom Associati. Italy

1969 RAI Stand, with Archizoom Associati. Fiera dell’Elettronica, Rome, Italy

Vestirsi e facile film, with Archizoom Associati. Italy

1968 Gazebo e stance vuote, with Archizoom Associati. Mana Art Market Gallery, Rome, Italy

1967 Superarchitettura, with Archizoom Associati. Galleria Comunale, Modena, Italy

Centro di cospirazione eclettica, with Archizoom Associati. Installation at Poltronova, Pistoia, and 14th Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy

1966 Superarchitettura, with Archizoom Associati. Galleria Jolly, Pistoia, Italy

Awards

2018 Rolf Schock Prize in Visual Arts, Stockholm, Sweden

2008 Laurea Honoris Causa in Design, Università “la Sapienza,” Rome, Italy

1997 First prize, Pirelli Energy competition

1996 First Prize, IF

1995 Compasso d’Oro Award

1994 Special Mention of European Design Prize

1991 Baden Wüttemberg Award

1989 Robert Maxwell Prize at Royal College of Art, London for the essay Seven Theses on Design

1987 Career Compasso d’Oro Award as designer and theorist

1983 International Award at First Biennial of Design, Buenos Aires, Argentina Honorable mention at Compasso d’Oro

1979 Compasso d’Oro Award

1969 Silver medal, Yamagiwa competition for light design, Tokyo, Japan

Select Public Collections

Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY

Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

Centro Studi e Archivio della Comunicazione dell’Università di Parma, Parma, Italy

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY

Design Museum Gent, Gent, Belgium

Denver Museum of Art, Denver, CO

Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France

Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands

Le Fonds Régional d’art contemporain, Orleans, France

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN

Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Modernism Museum, Mount Dora, FL

Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Ultimo, Australia

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, Canada

Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, France

Museo del Design Italiano, Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK

Vitra Design Museum, Weil-am-Rhein, Germany