Gio Ponti - architect, designer, art
director, writer, poet, professor, and critic - was one of the most
renowned protagonists of Italian architecture and design in the 20th
century. Forty years after his death, the Museo nazionale delle arti del
XXI secolo (MAXXI) in Rome is dedicating a major retrospective to this
exceptional figure. Beginning with his architecture, which can be
charaterised as a unique and original synthesis of tradition and
modernity, history and design, elite culture and everyday life, the show
explores his many-faceted talent, selecting projects that concretely
illustrate the key concepts found throughout his architecture and design
work. Included here are archival materials, models, photographs, books,
magazines and objects which illustrate the many achievements of his six
decade career.


Contents:

1 - Introductions by: Paolo Rosselli,
Giovanna Melandri, Margherita Guccione; 2 - Essays by: Anna Chiara
Cimoli, Salvatore Licitra, Massimiliano Savorra, Maria Teresa Feraboli,
Luigi Spinelli, Francesca Zanella, Stefania Mornati, Paolo Campiglio,
Silvia Bignami, Alessandra Muntoni, Elena Tinacci, Fabio Mangone,
Alberto Gavazzi, Filippo De Pieri, Jorge Rivas, Anat Falbel, Angelica
Ponzio, Hannia Gòmez, Fulvio Irace, Manolo De Giorgi, Valentina
Marchetti, Bernard Colenbrander, Farhan Karim, Sergio Pace, Manfredo
Nicolis di Robilant, Rèjean Legault, Domitilla Dardi, Fabio Colonnese,
Elena Dellapiana, Barry Bergdoll, Lucia Miodini, Giorgio Ciucci, Daria
Ricchi, Giovanni Marzari, Manuela Leoni, Cecilia Rostagni, Roberto
Dulio; 3 - Biography; 4 - Bibliography.


Published to accompany an
exhibition at the Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo (MAXXI) in
Rome from 7 November 2019 - 26 April 2020.