•  

     

    SAINT LAURENT RIVE DROITE
     GIO PONTI - VILLA PLANCHART
    CURATED BY ANTHONY VACCARELLO
    APRIL 16 - 21
    MILAN


     SAINT LAURENT RIVE DROITE PRESENTS AN EXCLUSIVE COLLABORATION WITH THE GIO PONTI ARCHIVES AND THE FUNDACIÓN ANALA Y ARMANDO PLANCHART ON THE OCCASION OF MILAN DESIGN WEEK.

    THE EXHIBITION, CURATED BY ANTHONY VACCARELLO, WILL SHOWCASE AN EXCEPTIONAL PLATE COLLECTION, ORIGINALLY DESIGNED BY GIO PONTI IN 1957 FOR VILLA PLANCHART IN VENEZUELA.

    IN VENEZUELA IN 1953, ANALA AND ARMANDO PLANCHART COMMISSIONED THE RENOWNED ITALIAN ARCHITECT GIO PONTI TO BUILD AN AVANT-GARDE VILLA FOR THEM ON THE HIGHEST HILL OVERLOOKING CARACAS.

    IN FINALIZING THE INTERIOR DECORATION OF THE VILLA PLANCHART, PONTI EMPLOYED EXCEPTIONAL ITALIAN ARTISANS WITH TRADITIONAL EXPERTISE, INCLUDING THE FLORENTINE MANUFACTURER GINORI 1735, FOR WHICH HE HAD PREVIOUSLY WORKED AS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR. HE DESIGNED A SET OF PORCELAIN TABLEWARE DECORATED WITH THE SYMBOLS AND MOTIFS OF THE VILLA, ILLUSTRATING HIS ARTISTIC TALENT AND EYE FOR DETAIL: THE SUN, THE CRESCENT MOON, THE POLAR STAR AND MAGNIFICENT ITERATIONS OF THE LETTER “A” – AN HOMAGE TO ANALA AND ARMANDO.

    SAINT LAURENT RIVE DROITE, IN COLLABORATION WITH GINORI 1735, HAS REISSUED 12 ORIGINAL PLATES FROM THE VILLA PLANCHART SEGNAPOSTO COLLECTION DESIGNED BY GIO PONTI IN 1957. THESE TRADITIONALLY CRAFTED DECORATIVE PORCELAIN PLATES ARE PAINTED BY HAND IN GINORI 1735’S ITALIAN MANIFATTURA.

    OPEN FROM APRIL 16TH TO 21ST, THE GIO PONTI – VILLA PLANCHART EXHIBITION WILL BE ON VIEW AT CHIOSTRI DI SAN SIMPLICIANO IN MILAN.

    TO PRE-BOOK TICKETS TO THE EXHIBITION IN MILAN, PLEASE REGISTER THROUGH THE FOLLOWING LINK:
    REGISTER HERE

    THE PLATE COLLECTION WILL ALSO BE PRESENTED AT SAINT LAURENT BABYLONE IN PARIS FROM APRIL 17TH TO APRIL 28TH, AND AT SAINT LAURENT RIVE DROITE LOS ANGELES, FROM APRIL 16TH TO APRIL 30TH.

    DURING MILAN DESIGN WEEK, SAINT LAURENT INVITES YOU TO BOOK A PRIVATE VIEWING APPOINTMENT TO DISCOVER THE PLATE COLLECTION AT THE MILAN FLAGSHIP LOCATED AT VIA MONTENAPOLEONE.
    BOOK AN APPOINTMENT