Radical : Italian design 1965-1985 : the Dennis Freedman collection / Cindi Strauss ; with an essay by Germano Celant and contributions by Marissa S. Hershon, Sarah Horne, and J. Taylor Kubala

Uniform Title:: Radical (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston)
Published:: [Houston] : The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ; New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
Physical Description:: 223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm
Additional Creators:: Celant, Germano, Strauss, Cindi, and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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Contents:

Foreword / by Gary Tinterow -- Acknowledgments / by Cindi Strauss -- Interview with Dennis Freedman -- Introduction / by Cindi Strauss -- Italian Design : From Pop to Radical / by Germano Celant -- Italian Radical Design in the United States : Exposure, Availability, and Legacy / by Cindi Strauss -- Interview with Franco and Nanà Audrito, Studio65 -- Interview with Lapo Binazzi, UFO -- Interview with Andrea Branzi -- Interview with Alessandro Guerriero -- Interview with Ugo La Pietra -- Interview with Alessandro Mendini -- Interview with Franco Raggi.

Summary:

"Radical: Italian Design 1965-1985, the Dennis Freedman Collection Examines Italian Radical design, including the movement's political and social roots and challenge to Modernism, from 1965 to 1985 through nearly 70 objects and architectural models, seven interviews with Radical designers and architects, and an essay by Germano Celant, the acclaimed author and curator who coined the term "Radical design.""--

Subject(s):

Freedman, Dennis—Art collections—Exhibitions
1900-1999
Radical architecture—Italy—Exhibitions
Design—Private collections—United States—Exhibitions
Art—Private collections
Design
Design—Private collections
Radical architecture
Industriedesign
Design—Italie—1970-....
Design—Italy—History—20th century—Exhibitions
Italien
United States
Italy

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ISBN:

9780300247497 hardcover
0300247494 hardcover

Note:

"This book accompanies the exhibition Radical: Italian Design 1965-1985, The Dennis Freedman Collection, presented at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 9 through April 26, 2020."

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Endowment Note:

Edward J. and Eleanor Black Nichols Library Endowment Fund

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