Marcello Morandini

Scultura Progretto No. 205 in sculpture park in Bottrop, Germany Marcello Morandini (born 15 May 1940) is an Italian architect, sculptor and graphic designer. His visual style involves assembling of repetitive simple forms, often in just black and white, into complex objects.

Biography

Marcello Morandini was born on 15 May 1940 in Mantua and moved to Varese in 1947. He studied at the Brera Academy in Milan and began working as an industry designer and graphic artist.

In 1965, ten of his works were exhibited in a solo show in Genoa, during which time he opened his own design studio in Varese. In 1967 he participated in exhibitions in Milan, Frankfurt, Cologne and, by an invitation from the critic Gillo Dorfles, in São Paulo. Since then, he held numerous solo exhibitions worldwide.

As an architect, Morandini designed and made his own home-studio in Varese in 1968. In 1982, through a collaboration with architecture studios Mario Miraglia in Varese and Ong & Ong in Singapore, he designed the 38-story Goldhill Centre in Singapore.

In 1990 Morandini designed and built a sculpture at the entrance of the Museum für Konkrete Kunst in Ingolstadt, Germany.

Style

Morandini's materials of choice are glossy panels of acrylic glass or lacquered wood. In his words, "all my works of art are born under the sign of architecture; the whole design sector can largely be defined as architecture for everyday use." His style is characterized by the use of white and black, "simple colors that allow you to focus on the form rather than on superficial aesthetics ".