Marina Apollonio, Augusto Betti, Alberto Biasi, Calori & Maillard, Xavier David, Hugo Demarco, Angel Duarte, Novello Finotti, Pierre Gonalons, Allen Jones, Edoardo Landi, Manfredo Massironi, Roberto Matta, Andy Picci, Paola Pivi, Tobia Scarpa, Kazuhide Takahama.

Between unique piece and industrial production, the limited edition. For ART CITY Bologna 2023 on the occasion of ARTEFIERA, Paradisoterrestre presents an exhibition entirely dedicated to works of art and design objects that fall within this definition in the gallery at Via de’ Musei 4 in Bologna.

Image: Andy Picci – Confession (Sky Isn’t The Limit), 2022

LIMITED. is a collective exhibition: from artists who created pieces of design exclusively for Paradisoterrestre, such as renowned British pop artist Allen Jones with Shoe Screen; Paola Pivi, one of the most important international contemporary artists, with Universe carpet and the Let’em shine art wall lamps and Calori & Maillard duo with Altabella 23 – Portare acqua al mare, a vase tribute to the historic Gavina shop in Bologna designed by Carlo Scarpa in the 60s; to designers like Pierre Gonalons with the marble console from The Other Side collection and architect Tobia Scarpa who in 2020 got involved designing his first works of art for Paradisoterrestre, starting from an interpretation of the enigmatic masterpiece Melencolia I, realized by Albrecht Dürer in 1514.

Also on display are re-editions – all limited edition – such as the functional artworks part of the Ultramobile operation of 1971 Margarita and Sacco alato by surrealist artist Roberto Matta and Fausto by Italian sculptor Novello Finotti or Elmo, the only work in ceramic made in the 1980s by Japanese architect Kazuhide Takahama. Presented in preview is Paradisoterrestre re-edition of the tea set designed by artist and designer Augusto Betti in 1975.

Another novelty is the collaboration with conceptual artist Andy Picci, whose exhibited phygital artwork Confession (Sky Isn’t The Limit) was also chosen for the communication of the group show.

The exhibition is completed by a selection of kinetic and programmed art multiples by Marina Apollonio, Alberto Biasi, Xavier David, Hugo Demarco, Angel Duarte, Edoardo Landi and Manfredo Massironi, united by having been created at Centro Duchamp, an adventure conceived by Dino Gavina and officially inaugurated in San Lazzaro di Savena with the active participation of Man Ray in 1969, intended to welcome and promote the work of artists and researchers from different disciplines, with the aim of identifying new forms of production and communication of culture and the arts.

LIMITED. stands in the exhibition program of Paradisoterrestre gallery as one of the feasible trait d’union between art and design, the two realms that characterize its research.

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  • Margarita – aluminium by Roberto Matta
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Margarita – aluminium by Roberto Matta

Paradisoterrestre Edition 2019

First production: Simon International, 1971

Limited edition of 25 pieces, with engraved identification number and artist’s signature. Each piece is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.

Materials: cast aluminium

Dimensions: W 88 D 48 H 135 cm | W 34,6 D 18,9 H 53,1 in – 28 kg | 62 lb

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  • Sacco Alato – aluminium by Roberto Matta
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Sacco Alato – aluminium by Roberto Matta

Paradisoterrestre Edition 2019

First production: Simon International – Ultramobile collection, 1971

Limited edition of 25 pieces, with engraved identification number and artist’s signature. Each piece is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.

Materials: cast aluminium, polyurethane foam covered with chenille velvet

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  • The Other Side console by Pierre Gonalons
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The Other Side console by Pierre Gonalons

Paradisoterrestre Edition 2017

Limited edition of 12.

Materials: French marble green “Vert d’Estours” and black “Petit Antique”

Colours: green and black (also available in white and black)

Dimensions:W 116 D 40 H 90 cm | W 45,7 D 15,7 H 35,4 in

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  • Tea set 75 by Augusto Betti
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Tea set 75 by Augusto Betti

Paradisoterrestre Edition 2023

First production: Centro Pio Manzù, 1975

Re-edited by Paradisoterrestre in a limited edition of 100 pieces for each colour, with numbering and signature on the teapot and Certificate of Authenticity. Also available a set consisting of 1 cup and 1 saucer without numbering.

Materials: enameled pottery

Colours: pink, mint green, white

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  • Geometrie Nascoste by Tobia Scarpa
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Geometrie Nascoste by Tobia Scarpa

Paradisoterrestre Edition 2020

In Geometrie Nascoste – a limited edition of 100 prints, signed and numbered –  the architect focuses on the magic square, researching and identifying symmetries in the numerical configurations of Dürer and Benjamin Franklin.

Materials: printing on Fabriano “Tiepolo” paper 290gr, double glass and aluminium frame

Dimensions: Print W 56 H 76 cm | W 22 H 30 in – With frame W 70 H 90 cm | W 27,5 H 35,4 in

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  • Scudo Magico by Tobia Scarpa
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Scudo Magico by Tobia Scarpa

Paradisoterrestre Edition 2020

Limited edition of 9 pieces, accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.

Materials: metal structure with brass welds, circular base in natural iron, brass sphere that allows manual rotation of the sculpture

Dimensions: W 28 H 40 Ø 23 cm | W 11 H 15,7 Ø 9 in

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  • Let'em shine art by Paola Pivi
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Let’em shine art by Paola Pivi

Paradisoterrestre Edition 2021

Let’em shine art is a limited edition wall lamp, a tribute to Garbo by Japanese artist Mariyo Yagi and to Italian artist Pino Pascali’s Bachi da setola. Limited edition of 50 for each colour.

Materials: fabric fringes, pvc bristles, metal structure, led strip, 2 light bulbs

Colours: red, blue, brown

Dimensions: W 35 D 60 H 200 cm | W 13,8 D 23,6 H 78,7 in

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  • Universe by Paola Pivi
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Universe by Paola Pivi

Paradisoterrestre Edition 2021

Universe is a limited edition carpet inspired by her early work Untitled (1998), created from the invitation for her first solo exhibition at Massimo De Carlo Gallery in Milan in 1998. Limited edition of 50 pieces.

Materials: wool and bamboo silk

Dimensions: W 287 D 200 cm | W 113 D 78,7 in

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  • Shoe screen by Allen Jones
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Shoe screen by Allen Jones

Paradisoterrestre Edition 2022

A brand new screen by Allen Jones exclusively for Paradisoterrestre in a limited edition of 30 signed and numbered pieces (+2AP).

Materials:  multilayer lacquered wood with silk-screen printing, rubber

Dimensions: W 225 D 2 H 220 cm | W 88,5 D 0,7 H 86,5 in

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  • Fausto by Novello Finotti
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Fausto by Novello Finotti

Paradisoterrestre Edition 2018

First production: Simon International – Ultramobile collection, 1972

Fausto, a small seat with a humanoid presence, represents in an exemplary way the concept of Ultramobile, the operation conceived by Dino Gavina in 1971, created with the aim of adapting a surrealist work to daily use object, maintaining a strong ironic charge to be transferred into the house.

Limited edition of 100.

Materials: polished cast bronze, sheepskin fur

Dimensions: W 30 D 25 H 48 cm | W 11,8 D 9,8 H 18,9 in

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  • Elmo by Kazuhide Takahama
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Elmo by Kazuhide Takahama

Paradisoterrestre Edition 2017

First production: Cooperativa Ceramica d’Imola 1984

Signed by Takahama, it is produced in a limited edition of 12 for each colour.

Materials: enameled pottery

Colours: grey, blue, white

Dimensions: H 29 Ø 34 cm | H 11,4 Ø 13,4 i

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  • Altabella 23 - Portare acqua al mare by Calori & Maillard
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Altabella 23 – Portare acqua al mare by Calori & Maillard

Paradisoterrestre Edition 2017

The work Altabella 23 – Portare acqua al mare (Bring water to the sea), a limited edition Murano glass vase designed by female duo exclusively for Paradisoterrestre on the occasion of the exhibition, is a tribute to the Venetian architect and to his project for Gavina.

Limited edition of 10 for each colour.

Materials: Murano glass, satin finish

Colours: cobalt blue; also available in emerald green or ochre yellow

Dimensions: W 26 D 14 H 30 cm | W 10,2 D 5,5 H 11,8 in

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  • Confession (Sky Isn't The Limit) by Andy Picci
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Confession (Sky Isn’t The Limit) – Andy Picci, 2023

Confession (Sky Isn’t The Limit) is part of a series created by conceptual artist Andy Picci starting from some confessions unknown people have shared with him via Instagram’s Direct Messages. From the intimate and secret dimension these become sky messages for everyone to see, generating empathy.

The artwork is a limited edition of 10 signed and numbered pieces + 1AP exclusively for Paradisoterrestre and consists of a transparent frame which loops a 10 seconds video.

Materials: transparent acrylic frame, video

Dimensions: W 14,3 D 2,5 H 20,3 cm | W 5,6 D 1 H 8 in

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  • V36 by Ángel Duarte
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V36 – Ángel Duarte, 1968

Production: Centro Duchamp

V36 by Ángel Duarte is a kinetic artwork in limited edition of 50 pieces produced in 1968 by Centro Duchamp in San Lazzaro di Savena (BO – Italy).

Materials: silk-screened glass, neon, aluminum, wood

Dimensions: W 50 H 50 D 7 cm | W 19,7 H 19,7 D 2,8 in

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  • Politipo M by Alberto Biasi
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Politipo M – Alberto Biasi, 1968

Production: Centro Duchamp

Politipo M by Alberto Biasi is an optical variable panel.

Edition of 50 created at Centro Duchamp.

Label on the back by Archivio Alberto Biasi.

Materials: Pvc stripes on painted wood, glass

Dimensions: W 61 H 61 D 8 cm | W 24 H 24 D 3,1 in

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  • Light Prism by Alberto Biasi
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Light Prism – Alberto Biasi, 1967

Production: Centro Duchamp

Light Prism by Alberto Biasi, a kinetic sculpture with moving prisms that decompose and reflect light, produced in a limited edition of 50 pieces by Centro Duchamp in San Lazzaro di Savena (BO – Italy).

Label on the back by Archivio Alberto Biasi.

Materials: wood, acrylic, mirror, plexiglass, engine

Dimensions: W 50 D 38 H 68 cm | W 19,7 D 15 H 26,8 in

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