ITALY - VENICE, Ca’ Pesaro – International Gallery of Modern Art September 12 - November 16, 2008

Forty years after his first major show in Venice – a room dedicated to his work at the 1968 Venice Biennale – Morandini returns to Venice with an important exhibition at Ca’ Pesaro, to be held in concomitance with the Biennale Architecture - 11th Interna tional Architecture Exhibition. Comprising more than 60 pieces, the show will include 34 wall sculptures and “structures” in white- or black-lacquered wood that were produced over the period 1978-2008. All in all, these works of art, architecture and design chart 30 years of work by a multi-faceted figure who has engaged in endless research into geometrical form, mathematics and visual perception. Each piece reveals how, in all creative fields, Morandini has adopted a holistic approach that remains impervious to mere fashion. Planned by Silvio Fuso, working together with Morandini himself, the exhibition occupies the large ground-floor areas of the museum, extending from Longhena’s large entrance hall to the inner courtyard and the exhibition spaces beyond. As well as large-scale projects, there are smaller objects and works that serve to cast light on the coherent logic and method Morandini adopts in all his three fields of activity: art, architecture and design.