It has been long, too long, since we have seen an exhibition devoted to Gio Ponti (1891-1979), often referred to as the Dean of Italian Design, a Renaissance man who drew from the Italian past in creating the modern and the future. At times, it seems that Ponti’s strong presence in the marketplace has overshadowed any academic or curatorial discussions, and thus the new show ‘Modern Living: Giò Ponti and the 20th-Century Aesthetics of Design,’ curated by Perri Lee Roberts of University of Miami, at the Georgia Museum of Art is a great and refreshing effort.
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Modern Living by Giò Ponti
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It has been long, too long, since we have seen an exhibition devoted to Gio Ponti (1891-1979), often referred to as the Dean of Italian Design, a Renaissance man who drew from the Italian past in creating the modern and the future. At times, it seems that Ponti’s strong presence in the marketplace has overshadowed any academic or curatorial discussions, and thus the new show ‘Modern Living: Giò Ponti and the 20th-Century Aesthetics of Design,’ curated by Perri Lee Roberts of University of Miami, at the Georgia Museum of Art is a great and refreshing effort.