OUT IN THE WORLD WITH GAETANO PESCE by MUSEUM BOOKS

Publisher: Literal Matter - NYC

Year: First edition, April 2021

Size: Hardback, 120 pages, H 280 x W 220

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“To think about Pesce’s work is to reevaluate the structures of ordinary objects.”

At 81, the Italian designer and architect Gaetano Pesce is one of the world’s greatest living artistic innovators. Best known for his radical embrace of seemingly ordinary, unexpected materials, he has constructed pink buildings from foam, sofas that resemble jester hats, large-scale portraits from hand-poured resin and vases that bend and wobble.

This new book on Pesce comprises both his most iconic and many never-before-seen works (some made in the last year), all captured by nearly two dozen photographers around the world. It includes an essay and interview with Pesce by the critic Sophie Haigney, new portraits by Duane Michals, and four commissioned photographic series that take his work into the world.

Contributing photographers (in order of appearance):

Duane Michals, Chris Rhodes, Jeroen Bocken, Thomas Brown, Benjamin Prabowo Sexton, Parker Woods, Stephen Lewis, Anna Pogossova, Sarah Pannell, Charlie Engman, Esther Theaker, Jerome Ming, Douglas Lance Gibson, Corey Olsen, Heather Sten, Lorna Bauer, Sergiy Barchuk, Pat Martin, Benjamin Pexton, Tina Tyrell, Steve Harries, Leonardo Scotti.